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Keith Dancey · December 14th 05, 10:16 AM posted to uk.sci.weather

In article , writes:

Keith Dancey wrote:
In article , writes:

.. Sadly, yesterdays long thin
plume is not likely to make people worried about the 'toxic gas cloud'
that the media are trying to peddle, so it is rarely shown.

"..the 'toxic gas cloud' that the media are trying to peddle"?

Don't you think it is toxic, then? And that "the media" are *conspiring* to
INVENT a danger that does not exist?

Anything is toxic in large doses, but this is really only 95% carbon
and as long as the wind keeps blowing it will disperse. And the media
were trying to hype up the idea that there was a toxic cloud that was
moving out of control, but because nobody started falling down dead
from the fumes, they had to abandon their stories.

I can't help but feel all this "media conspiracy" stuff is hysterical
nonsence on your part. The plume is toxic. There was a danger from it,
and the media reported quite correctly that (a) an inversion prevented
it dissapating at higher altitudes, (b) heat from the fire took the
plume to a "safe" height, (c) changing wind strengths and directions
spread the plume to different locations, (d) light rain might wash it
back to ground and (e) as the heat from the fire reduced, so the height
of the plume might lower and threaten people underneath it.

No Cheers,

keith

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