Re: Three Workers Killed on Monarch of the Sea

Thus spake "number6" <snumber6@xxxxxxx> :

>
>jlp20@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> Latest is the three men killed were common crew and not the doctors who
>> responded. In total, 20 crewmembers were treated at several hospitals
>> in the area. Per the fire department, it was Hydrogen Sulfide gas that
>> caused the deaths. Sorry, I don't know if Hydrogen Sulfide and Methane
>> are the same.
>>
>> The report also stated that the Coast Guard believed that Monarch would
>> be out to sea tomorrow at 6 AM at the earliest, but may be longer due
>> to the investigation and repairs...
>
>Now that makes sense ... hydrogen sulfide is many times more lethal
>than Cyanide ... Usually though, the smell of below lethal levels is so
>bad one leaves ... the problem is that one is easily desensitized to
>the smell ... and lethal levels are not apparent until too late ...

In the oil patch, the philosophy is that if you can smell it you're
dead.

I get royalties from a gas well that, until about a year ago, wasn't
worth scrubbing.
--
dillon

Pain is Nature's way of saying "that was stupid"
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: A rash of suicides horrifies Japan
    ... and other household chemicals to produce hydrogen sulfide gas. ... Basically, the way Hydrogen Sulfide usually goes is a sharp smell of rotten eggs, and then no smell, then the symptoms that you mention. ... If you smell rotton eggs for only a brief moment, ...
    (rec.arts.anime.misc)
  • Re: Three Workers Killed on Monarch of the Sea
    ... 20 crewmembers were treated at several hospitals ... I don't know if Hydrogen Sulfide and Methane ... the smell of below lethal levels is so ...
    (rec.travel.cruises)
  • Re: Three Workers Killed on Monarch of the Sea
    ... I don't know if Hydrogen Sulfide and Methane ... Hydrogen sulfide (H2S rotten egg smell) is not the same as methane ... Concentrations of 100 to 200 parts per million for one to eight hours ...
    (rec.travel.cruises)
  • Re: Mystery experiment from my childhhod
    ... intended for teenagers back in the day when chemistry sets had stuff ... until I found something labelled acid and mixed them together. ... vaguely sulfurous smell, which didn't really stink but was unpleasent. ... hydrogen sulfide when mixed with acid. ...
    (sci.chem)