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post #1 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:06pm
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...or One More Reason To Stay Out Of Texas

http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_...225165737.html

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Spontaneous Combustion On Arlington Playground

(CBS 11 News) ARLINGTON A new danger has cropped up at some North Texas schools.

It's now so hot that some things are spontaneously combusting.

The wood-chip fiber that's used as mulch on a playground at an Arlington school burst into flames last week.

A surveillance camera at Anderson Elementary School caught the fire on tape. It shows the mulch begin to smolder and then catch fire. It caused significant damage to the playground.

"There just isn't any explanation except spontaneous combustion," said Mac Bernd, Arlington ISD Superintendent.

School district officials say they have never seen anything like it. They tell CBS 11 News that fire officials and the company that manufactured the mulch both say the same thing.

Authorities say recent heavy rain left some material soaked, then it began decomposing in this month's hot weather.

The district is so concerned about the potential for danger that it's replacing the material at the 20 Arlington schools that have the mulch on their playgrounds.

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Superintendent Bernd says pea gravel will replace the wood chips on those playgrounds.

The changes are expected to be complete in the next few days.

Texas children prepare to return to classes August 27th.
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post #2 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:11pm
Maybe God's just trying to thin out that Texas population a notch or two...
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post #3 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:15pm
In Texas, they don't fuck around when they play Kickball.
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post #4 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:25pm
I clicked on this thread expecting to read about some kid bursting into flames while playing on the jungle gym. So disappointed.
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post #5 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:26pm
Only explanation could be spontaneous combustion? WTF. Since when?

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post #6 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:32pm
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Superintendent Bernd says pea gravel will replace the wood chips on those playgrounds.
Just until that gravel is 115 degrees and some kid falls into it face first. That's where the fun begins.
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post #7 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:33pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
In Texas, they don't fuck around when they play Kickball.
In Texas dodgeball is like that scene in PLATOON when Willem Dafoe runs after the helicopter. Over, and over, and over again.
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post #8 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:42pm
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Originally Posted by Alan "Nordling" Cerny
In Texas dodgeball is like that scene in PLATOON when Willem Dafoe runs after the helicopter. Over, and over, and over again.
Having been raised in Texas and being overweight, geeky and just plain SLOW, I can say that the above is 100% true. Aahhh, the memories!
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post #9 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:45pm
This story is teeter-tottering on the absurd.
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post #10 of 21
8/14/07 at 2:59pm
CBS 11 News has to learn a little bit about science, don'tcha think? It's pretty common that mulch builds flammable gasses under the right circumstances.
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post #11 of 21
8/14/07 at 3:23pm
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Originally Posted by Martianman
Just until that gravel is 115 degrees and some kid falls into it face first. That's where the fun begins.
Mmmm.... can't wait!
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post #12 of 21
8/14/07 at 3:34pm
Clearly, it's this girl's fault:

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post #13 of 21
8/14/07 at 3:38pm


"Jus' roll Charlie around on the ground, he'll be all right."
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post #14 of 21
8/14/07 at 4:00pm
So...there were no charred remains of Linda Hamilton?
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post #15 of 21
8/14/07 at 4:06pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
In Texas, they don't fuck around when they play Kickball.
Sounds like the schools are like OZ over there...oh yeah School is like OZ no matter where you are. Although I never had fellow student take a dump in my face nor have the school nurse inject me with aging drugs.
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post #16 of 21
8/14/07 at 4:12pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken
Although I never had fellow student take a dump in my face nor have the school nurse inject me with aging drugs.
You musta gone to one of them whitebread-sissy schools.

When I was a kid...
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post #17 of 21
8/14/07 at 5:20pm
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Originally Posted by Boomstick
CBS 11 News has to learn a little bit about science, don'tcha think? It's pretty common that mulch builds flammable gasses under the right circumstances.
Exactly. I think that's where the story was going when it mentioned the rain but whoever wrote it didn't follow through. This is why farmers let their bales of hay dry out as thoroughly as possible before stacking them in the barn.

Count me in on the "dissapointed this didn't involve a kid bursting into flames" club.
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post #18 of 21
8/14/07 at 7:50pm
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Superintendent Bernd says...
Oh fuck off, that's not a real name.
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post #19 of 21
8/14/07 at 9:25pm
The metroplex area trains its children to be adept at apocalyptic scenarios. Like that scene from Terminator 2: we got em training for that.
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post #20 of 21
8/14/07 at 10:52pm
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Originally Posted by horrid
Oh fuck off, that's not a real name.
I just noticed. . . Bernd . . . burned. . . Coincidence?
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post #21 of 21
8/15/07 at 11:14pm
I've been working at a school in Dallas, which holds grades 1-12. One of my objectives today was to rake the playground grounds, which were also mulch, and then water them down. Now, I did not hear about what happened in Arlington, just down the highway, so I asked why and they told me this story. In my mind, it sounded like bullshit, but I did the job anyway.

In fucking 101 degree weather. Today was my last day there, by the way.
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