Talk:Red Adair

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Yikes! Thanks for correcting my typo. I meant 76, not 79 -- but 75 is correct, too. Adair had a birthday while in Kuwait. deeceevoice

more info?

The san Fernando Valley natural gas fire 3 wells, within full view of a major metropolitan area, and covered by dozens of news agencies, good access to this fire. (It was bright enough to read by, over 5 miles away! hundreds of thousands of people could see it from their house) This was in the late 60's or early 70's. Anyone want to tackle this 'subarticle'?

also please expand my 'techniques of fighting' section if you can. I think one of the most fascinating aspects of red's story is the apparent simplicity of the technique (snuff the flame/cork the well)combined with the extreme danger of actually implementing the techniques involved.

I think a bibliography of red Adair books would be worthwhile.

And cheers for the article, everyone!Pedant 16:59, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)

citation or expansion?

"To prevent re-ignition, brass or bronze tools, which do not strike sparks, or paraffin coated tools are used during the capping process, however it has been proven that steel tools do not cause sparks that are ignition sources." I'm not disputing that it may be the case, but WHY dont steel tools create sources of ignition? Doesn't this seem a little counter-intuitive. Who proved that they dont cause ignition? How? 194.80.135.84 15:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

This is not an answer to your question, but when I was a child a neighbor would sometimes amuse himself by pitching lit matches into a can of either kerosene, diesel fuel, or gasoline. They didn't go off. It's possible that the sparks from steel hammers simply don't have enough energy to trigger an explosion.

You're right, more information would be helpful here. Possible starting points:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/44763/Intrinsically-Safe-IS-vs-Explosion-Proof#comment465861

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Intrinsic_safety

Marzolian (talk) 20:30, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

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Why no contents?

The opening section is clearly meant as a lede. Why is it not followed by a list of section-headings, as normal? Valetude (talk) 00:43, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

@Valetude: Per WP:TOC, the mininum number of sections is four for an automatically generated table of contents. Adding __TOC__ will enforce it to appear. –Austronesier (talk) 10:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)