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Message: <blockquote data-quote="turkeyrun" data-source="post: 4052155" data-attributes="member: 27991">About 40 years ago, a gunsmith / gun shop was cleaning up. He came across a 10# keg of BP. Not knowing where it came from or how old it was, he decided to get rid of it. He waited until 6pm on Friday. The other shops around him were closed and everybody gone. He started at the corner curb, by the storm drain. He poured a heavy mound and then a trail along the gutter, back towards his shop.Running out of powder before he got to his door. He dropped a match and run into his shop, lights off, blinds closed, he peeked out and sees the powder burn off. A huge plume of smoke slowly drifts towards the chemical plant, 2 blocks away. As the plume reached the plant, alarms started blaring. The plume had activated the air monitor alarms.He locks his door and watches. A dozen men with air tanks are checking monitors, guages, pumps, flanges, etc.A few minutes later, black Suburbans with men in full hazmat gear show up.He goes to the backroom and sits quietly until after 11pm.Coming from a chemical background, I can only imagine the head scratching, conversations and confusion at that "sudden" spike registering on the monitors, setting off alarms and then disappearing.</blockquote>