Loosing a life

Today I had gasoline in my hands for the first time in my life.

I believe that the fear that ran through me at the time, is the same fear young doctors feel when they get blood in their hands for the first time.

The reaction of a doctor in his first arterial rupture experience, might be of putting his hand over the wound to keep the blood from coming out. The guy deals with a 1.6 kPa pressure so it is easy to use your hand. Nevertheless, a life is at stake on that moment and the fear is unstoppable.

On the other hand, my fear is also true. I deal with gasoline flowing over 300 kPa pressure and when it decides to come off there is no way of holding it with your bare hands. That is becasue most of the time it is a tiny gap between small parts that allows the fuel to gain a new direction. In my case the leak of gasoline do not represent the risk of loosing one life, but a few. Depends on how many people are in the room at the time. Once it is out and about, a tiny spark can ignite it into a major explosion. The good side of it is that in my case there is always a BIG RED BUTTON that says emergency stop!