“MYTH: The library’s fire-extinguishing system removes the air from the book stacks in the event of a conflagration, dooming any librarians inside to a slow death by asphyxiation. MOSTLY FALSE: According to Jones, this legend has a kernel of truth: Instead of water sprinklers that would harm the rare books collections, he said, a combination of halon and Inergen gases would be pumped into the stacks to stop the combustion process, and thus the spread of fire. “They do lower the percentage of oxygen, but not enough to kill any librarians,” Jones said.”
Suitable-Upstairs898 on February 5th, 2021 at 04:22 UTC »
My kinda place
staircase4928 on February 5th, 2021 at 04:28 UTC »
“MYTH: The library’s fire-extinguishing system removes the air from the book stacks in the event of a conflagration, dooming any librarians inside to a slow death by asphyxiation. MOSTLY FALSE: According to Jones, this legend has a kernel of truth: Instead of water sprinklers that would harm the rare books collections, he said, a combination of halon and Inergen gases would be pumped into the stacks to stop the combustion process, and thus the spread of fire. “They do lower the percentage of oxygen, but not enough to kill any librarians,” Jones said.”
Smoxerson on February 5th, 2021 at 04:40 UTC »
Have you even met people though?