Bobby,

That may have been a statistical anomaly.  Nevertheless, it's still sad.  My
uncle had a cancerous tumor in his right temporal and frontal lobes.  His
cancer, though terminal, did not cause his death.  The poor man off'd
himself because the physical agony was too great.

The older cell phones that looked like a WWII walkie talkie had a greater
power output than the newer "flip phones".  Could there be a causal
relationship?  Maybe, but the radiation exposure experienced by those of us
staring all day at a CRT from 18" is greater than what would be experienced
by cell phone usage.

Methinks that the media (particularly TV news shoes in the vein of 20/20,
Dateline, etc.) tend to latch on to coincidental stories that have little
statistical fiber.

About the fireman's demo.  Neat (but stupid) trick, eh?  In high school I
worked at a gas station where the manager's favorite practical joke was to
show a new employee where the underground tank fillers were located, then
throw a lighted match down the opening.  He always made sure that the tank
had just been filled, so there would be no vapor to contend with.  Even so,
I sure soiled my britches on that first day of work!

The deal is that there has to be enough free oxygen to ignite the
propellant--and there has to be enough propellant to oxidize.

Oddly enough, it is far more dangerous to smoke in/around a dry grain
elevator than a gas station.

Physics ain't just interestin'----it's the law!



-Kyle



-----Original Message-----
From: Bobby Greer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 9:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: WARNING gas stations and cell phones please read


Elaine,

        The reason I remembered it was a friend mine(an attorney) was
always using a cell phone and developed a tumor in the temporal lobe and
died. It was horrible. So it may not be that much of a hoax!

Bobby


>Actually Bobby, I saw the brain tumor report recently on either 20/20 or
>Dateline.  Sounded pretty logical to me.  Maybe it sounded logical 'cause
I'm
>not an owner of a cell phone and I'm just justifying not having one!
>
>Elaine