>>> Maybe someone else has had pepper spray experience to share??? I was a photography professor at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts, University of Cape Town in the mid-late 70s. I was involved in a riot of 13 year old school kids who had been chased onto our campus (down town) by riot police with pepper grenades. The kids ran into my building and I got then up the stairs and into the silk screen rooms and dark rooms with running water. It was a mess, and I had 3 flights of stairs in a stair well to negotiate to get the kids out and to safety. The stair well was full of gas and there was a small window on the landing. I had to get that window open in order to clear the stairwell. I thought I was going to die! The window hadn't been opened for years (the building was typical colonial academic architecture) and even though I was prepared and had a wet cloth on my face, I collapsed. I eventually broke open the window and made it out, but I was useless for the next 1/2 hour or so. BTW, I have been working with some of the concentrate from India which has a rating of over 2M Scoville Units. Small mistake translate into big problems! Like going to the bathroom after handling the concentrate..... cu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 05 2003 - 11:41:34 PST
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