Why Texans love high powered lights and Why you have to be very careful with them!

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Exactly why I started the “Its NOT just a flashlight” thread.

Safety Discussion; It’s NOT “just  a flashlight” anymore!

In the past, failures of “flashlight etiquette” (eg, shining a light into the eyes of another person) were annoying and sometimes pretty uncomfortable but in general couldn’t be considered particularly hazardous. Similarly failures in maintenance and/or handling might have created an awful mess as alkaline batteries leaked or even popped and might have even created a small fire hazard; but were not generally thought of as much of an overall danger. As we moved into common off-the-shelf multi-c…