17 ambulances (and counting) heading to Hanover Central High (Cedar Lake, IN)

[Benny]

When I read the title to this thread, I thought to myself holy crap, I hope this isnt another school shooting or anything involving guns, thank God!

So you are OK with them being injured by anything other than guns?

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Some thing tells me the Dem's will seek to ban farts now!!

Come on! That's just aluminum foil hat crazy talk. Besides, they would just adjust the chemical mixture their putting in our water to account for excess flatulance!!!

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Symptoms sound like carbon monoxide...

Indeed they do...

But CO is undetectable as any kind of odor or fumes...

 

[jeremy]

Yes but most places now have CO monitors...

 

[doglb]

So you are OK with them being injured by anything other than guns?

Thats not what I meant, I am a father of 4 boys so I dont want any child hurt in any way!!

 

[SavageEagle]

Wow, glad everyone's ok so far. I'd be freaking out if it'd been my kids for sure! I too thought it was another shooting. Glad to hear it's not.

Someone go tell Bigum to put a cork in it.

 

[rich8483]

that would explain the two ambulances and volunteer that went past my house this morning about that time. i live on cline ave in hanover township. both ambulances were from different towns, but i didnt see where.

 

[trnsplntfrmohio]

Wonder if it was someone idling an engine by the air intakes?

Another speculation is if a newer school bus did a parked regeneration by the air intakes. There have been issues with acrid smoke being produced.
(I'm in the HD diesel industry.)

i'm going to run a forced regeneration one day when the salesmen are outside smoking. our exhaust hoses dump right into their smoking area.

 

[Pami]

Just in case anyone is as curious as I was as to what the smell actually was...

a gas leak from one of the ovens in a Home Ec classroom.

Gas leak sickens 47 at Hanover Central

 

[rich8483]

well if it was a leak that severe, it was quite an explosion hazard too. looks like everyone was released and ok.

 

[PatriotPride]

Looks like everyone is recovering--my sister's boyfriend has family that attends that school. Small world.

 

[IndyBeerman]

whose mom made frank and beans for dinner last night?

Well that would account for the "poison gas" rumor that is spreading around.

Actually I think that Indiana Speaker of the House Pat Bauer may have been moving through the aream this would account for the foul stench and sickness.

After all, when he's in the statehouse I call smell his sickening stench at my house in between Mooresville and Plainfield. now that's potent.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

well if it was a leak that severe, it was quite an explosion hazard too. looks like everyone was released and ok.

Maybe, maybe not. Natural gas will only explode if the concentration is between 5-15% in air. With the schools hvac units running it would diffuse it pretty well throughout the school. For a 10x10 room with an 8 ft ceiling that's 40 cubic feet of gas. For a 20x35 ft school room with 10 ft ceilings it would be about 350 cf of gas, add in it being spread around with the hvac..... That would be one heck of a lot of gas. Gas leaks aren't as bad as they sound, as long as it's not in a sealed room with an open flame or spark. I had one of the burners on my stove go out not too long ago, with the burner right next to it on, I smelled it in the other room and I'm sure it wasn't anywhere near the explosive limit yet. I think the average person can detect the smell of what they put into it (hydrogen sulfide) easily at 1%.