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You want to see weird water look up super critical boilers. That stuff was nasty. A regular steam leak will set things on fire. That stuff would explode a broom. We looked for the leaks with straw brooms. You can’t see steam in normal conditions. Only its effects.

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Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Blech, I’ve heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.

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- xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well, now this is on my list of invisible things that scare me:
  
  Radiation
  
  Methanol fires
  
  Supercritical steam jets
  
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  - avattar@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It seems you need to learn more about prions.
    
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  - ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Preadors with cloaking devices
    
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  - Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Not quite invisible but you could also splash and wade into a pool of strong acid thinking it was water, during what first seemed like a somewhat routine FUBAR maintenance situation…filling your boots etc.
    
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    MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    At paper mills the fear is caustic pools filled with bases.
    
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  - Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Carbon monoxide
    
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    xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Definitely dangerous, but I’m less scared of that one. I’ve got detectors for that, and that’s more of a “go peacefully in your sleep” kind of danger.
    
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  - MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The regular ones will kill you as well. Boiling water on a stove is nothing compared to steam under pressure.
    
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