Re: Off topic: Urban Legend or not?

[Scott Mewborn <smewborn@HENRICOSCHOOLS.ORG>]

My gas stations in Virginia have stickers on the pump that say to turn off
pagers and cell phones for safety. I have seen something on the news about
this, too. I think that it is very unlikely something would happen, but not
unprecedented. Thus the liability issue requires the public notice.

Scott Mewborn

Barb Shoemaker wrote:

> A Google search using: cell phone gas station
> turned up the following hits:
>
> http://www.ou.edu/engineering/emc/projects/GS1_X.html
>
> http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/garage/phonehoax.htm
>
> http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa062399.htm
>
> http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/legends1999-04.html
>
> It is apparently not true. Huh, seemed like it made sense though.
>
> Barbara J. Shoemaker
> School Media Specialist
> Mill Road Elementary, K-2
> Red Hook Central Schools
> Red Hook, NY 12571
> bjshoe@shoenet.net
> bjshoe@rhcsd.dcboces.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications
> [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Carole Bierwiler
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:33 PM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Off topic: Urban Legend or not?
>
> I was sent a forwarded e-mail today which warned that using a cell phone
> while filling your car up with gas can cause explosions and that Shell
> had
> warned customers not to even place a cell phone on the trunk of the car
> while
> fueling as this had happened to someone recently. I actually did not
> read the
> entire message as I thought it sounded ludicrous. I did check an urban
> legend
> website and found nothing there, so now I am wondering whether or not
> what I
> read could have been true. Does anyone know?
> Carole Bierwiler
> Sunset Lakes Elementary
> Miramar, FL 33029
> CHBMedia@aol.com
>
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Mr. Wade Scott Mewborn
Television Production Teacher
Center for Communications
Varina High School
Henrico County, Virginia

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