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Old 02-08-2010, 07:28 AM   #6
raulduke
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Default Re: Yellowstone Eruption Days Away?

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Originally Posted by Greetings View Post
P.S. Does anyone know if hankerchiefs or other conventional methods will filter ash from the air?
If it were just smoke, a wet handkerchief would suffice in a pinch as an improvised air filter, but with volcanic ash, as I undertsand it, it's extremely fine particles that are very sharp and could create serious respiratory problems if inhaled.

If you're in the volcanic ash variety pinch and have that Mcguyver spirit......

Improvised gas mask



Of course you'd need to find a way to plug your nose.
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