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Re: Fwd: A Word of Warning

From: Maggie White (mwhiteaz)
Date: Sat Jan 29 2000 - 21:05:05 PST

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    Janjarreau forwarded:

    >
    > He took cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up <snip> As he
    >
    > looked into the cup he noted that the water was not boiling but instantly the
    > water in
    > the cup "blew up" into his face. <snip> His whole face is blistered and he
    > has 1st and 2nd degree
    > burns to his face which may leave scarring. He also may have
    > lost partial sight in his left eye.
    >
    > While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him stated that
    > this a fairly common occurrence and water (alone) should never be heated in
    > a microwave oven.

    If this happened to an actual acquaintance of yours, this is useful information.
    If you're just forwarding something that was forwarded to you by a friend to whom
    it was forwarded by someone else, ad infinitum, it's one of those Internet hoaxes.

    Maggie 

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