Slog - Comments on Uh.... http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2 So... like... you can't bring a full bottle of shampoo on to an airplane, but some germphobe can carry battery-powered air filter that can burst into flames? Fire on Plane Forces Landing in Colorado A personal air filter sparked a fire Friday on a Continental Airlines jet with 160 people on board, forcing an emergency landing. Six people were taken to a hospital, officials said. Their condition was not immediately known, John McGinley, Colorado Springs Airport's assistant director of operations, told The Gazette of Colorado Springs. Flight attendants put out the flames, and the plane landed safely at around 5... Copyright 2008 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:57:26 -0800 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:28:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gitai The War on Moisture is won! Let us now declare war on all personal electronic air filters!

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c574770 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c574770 News Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:19:57 -0800 Comment by Cocoabutter Stinkpalm Time Bomb Handshake Please, Dan. We prefer to be called verminophobes.

Now, where's my purelle and wet wipes?

]]> Cocoabutter Stinkpalm Time Bomb Handshake http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c574774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c574774 News Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:29:13 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray As a (hopefully) interesting sidenote: the air on airplanes is FILTHY - they just keep recycling the same old nasty airport air they suck in when they are pressurizing the cabin.

Back in the 70's, that Senator from Hawaii (who's name I can't even begin to spell) introduced legislation that would require the airlines to install a whosit that would allow them to take in fresh air during the course of a flight.

The airlines and manufactuers got their panties all in a bunch and dug their feet in, but it seemed like the bill was going to go through.

But then they found out that - Horrors! - the Senator had once invested in the company that made the dingus (or had at least driven by the factory) and did their usual character smear, which gave all the corporate loving congressmen cover to vote against having clean air on airplanes.

Which leads DIRECTLY to this incident :-)

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c574812 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c574812 News Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:33:16 -0800 Comment by Art People have germs. Get over it.

Also IIRC the worst problem with planes is not so much teh recycled germy air as the lack of humidity causing mucus membranes to dry uo, and therefore be more vulnerable to infection.

]]> Art http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c575145 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c575145 News Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:34:27 -0800 Comment by meh yeah, we should ban all battery-powered devices on airplanes, because occasionally something bad happens. just to be safe.

]]> meh http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c575168 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/uh_2#c575168 News Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:28:52 -0800