Man's static jacket sparks alert

[CottonBear]

Man's static jacket sparks alert

An Australian man built up so much static electricity in his clothes as he walked that he burned carpets, melted plastic and sparked a mass evacuation.
Frank Clewer, of the western Victorian city of Warrnambool, was wearing a synthetic nylon jacket and a woollen shirt when he went for a job interview.

As he walked into the building, the carpet ignited from the 40,000 volts of static electricity that had built up.

"It sounded almost like a firecracker or something like that," he said.

"Within about five minutes, the carpet started to erupt," he told Australian radio.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4252692.stm
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Wow! That's some kind of static electricity! Maybe he's some sort of superhero! You never know. :eyes:

[Renew Deal]

1. Why didn't he spontaneously combust?

I don't get that?

[CottonBear]

2. I think the carpet & plastic were more flammable than him. n/t

[ragin_acadian]

3. they should charge him with something!