> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Slacker Faction <fubar1999 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone from experience or from history -- 70 plus years of
>> "chemical munitions" use -- confirm or deny this?
>>
>> "No. One fire in the middle of a large area clears out the whole place.
>> You don't have to shoot the tear gas near the fire, all the air around
>> the fire gets sucked up from the heat and fresh air gets pulled in to
>> replace it."
>
> Just think about it for a second. There's an assumption that there's
> "fresh air" somewhere.
There always is, unless the earth's atmosphere changes to tear gas.
> A fire will create a turbulence, but if all the
> air around is filled with tear gas, it's not going to have much
> effect.
All the air around can never be filled with tear gas.
> My most recent experience, in Exarcheia in 2005, didn't suggest that
> the burning cars and trash bins were doing much to make the experience
> tolerable.
Try it again without the fires, since we're Mythbusters and all.