14 Sep
2000
14 Sep
'00
5:24 a.m.
> DC area") we had a memorable incident in
Operations Control when
> someone (with undoubtedly good intentions) unscrewed the
> solenoid controlling the valve and dumped - without warning -
> 2500 pounds of Halon 1301 into the room in just a few
> seconds. (Operations is a *big* room. It was fitted with eight
> giant red tanks of Halon.)
So where were you in all this?
I was in a computer room (aka "concrete bunker") about 50 feet under
Operations, swapping around a pair of Bell 212A-style modems. I had
just been in Operations about five minutes earlier...
When the halon dumped, the building fire alarm was set off (I think
automatically) and we bugged out within maybe 15-20 seconds.
Tim.