"Silvar Beitel" wrote in message
Good news: It landed squarely. So the flour was constrained to a
small area of the floor and there was no huge cloud to coat the entire
kitchen a la some 1930s comedy movie.


You sure were lucky. I've often thought about the possibility of that
while moving the big flour tin around. We keep a small tin in the cupboard
for things like that. It holds about a pound of flour and is handy for when
you need a dusting.