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...underground to limit leakage in the event of an accident and to help shield them from air temperatures that could soar to 120° F in summer. Refrigerated to keep the highly volatile gas in its liquid form, the tanks were also equipped with thermostats, valves and other devices to warn when the temperature of the chemical exceeded 100° F, the point at which the liquid turns into a gas. Should the temperature rise further, the gas would expand, increasing pressure on the inside of the tank. Should the pressure build, a relief valve would vent the gas in order...
Meanwhile, panic broke out among the 120 workers still in the plant. One employee said he sounded a siren to warn the surrounding community, but few of the surviving residents recall hearing it. Many of the workers reportedly began running for their lives, leaving just one supervisor in the factory to do battle with the fumes. The man, identified later as Shakeel Ahmed, collapsed from the effects of the gas before he could control it. (At week's end his condition was critical.) Nearly an hour after the gas began escaping into the air, the tank was sealed by engineers...
...case of an accident, I don't think you can warn the public in time," said Crouch...
...that illegally obtained evidence could not be used in a criminal trail. Now, the Justices say if police officers happen to overstep the boundries of their search warrant but were neverthelss acting in good faith, the evidence may be used in trial. If any more such whittling occurs, lawyers warn, that precious article which guards against arbitrary searches and seizures many be come an artifact in legal history...
...word of Hat Trick began leaking almost as soon as the plan was launched about four weeks ago. Federal officials said last week that while the scheme had been "modestly successful," American and Colombian press reports had helped warn drug traffickers of the supposedly clandestine operation. Bad weather may have hurt the operation by delaying the harvest and the shipments. Nevertheless, Operation Hat Trick will continue...