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Sharon Centanne

Nancy L Boothe wrote:

> Have any of you ever had an accidental Halon dump?  This morning a
> technician servicing our fire system pulled a switch he shouldn't have,
> and Halon came out of a nozzle in our vault at an incredible speed.  The
> vault is now a disaster area with a blizzard of brittle paper scraps
> blown several yards across the floor and up five shelves high;
> ripped-out pages of books;  hollinger boxes and contents tumbled from
> shelves; and even dislodged shelves.  Fortunately there were no human
> beings in the vault.  We haven't started clean-up yet, so don't know if
> highly-valuable or irreplaceable items are damaged beyond salvage.
>
> Any advice from others who have experienced such a disaster? Are people or
> materials at risk as a result of the Halon escape?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Nancy Boothe
> University Archivist/Head of Special Collections
> Rice University
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