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WA: Balloons filled with welding gas explode in pickup on I-405
KING TV Seattle ^
| 7/4/2010
Posted on 07/04/2010 11:35:40 AM PDT by llevrok
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To: pingman
I had the benefit of a cylinder of helium on the property... one balloon got inflated with helium gas for lift, another inflated with a mixture of oxygen and acetylene. Tied the 2 balloons together, then tied a long cotton string to the acetlyene/oxygen filled one. Coated the cotton string with grease and then a little diesel fuel.
"Hold my beer and watch this", was mentioned at the time of lighting the fuse/liftoff.
By timing the flash to the arrival of the sound, and estimating the angle of elevation... I've had some go to 1500 feet and 2.5 miles (horizontal distance) away before blowing. The explosion was LOUD at 2.5 miles away... I can only imagine what it was like directly below the explosion.
If I did this today, I'd imagine I'd be waterboarded.
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posted on
07/04/2010 10:29:21 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: mylife
Sounds like a Darwin award candidate.
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posted on
07/04/2010 10:58:42 PM PDT
by
Vicki
(Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents, dead people, dogs, felons)
To: Slings and Arrows
This proves the point that dumb people are everywhere...and not just in the South!
But...boy howdy...I could see this going down in any state in the South! lol
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posted on
07/05/2010 12:07:11 AM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Remember November...I can see it from my house!)
To: dixiechick2000
Stupidity knows no borders.
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posted on
07/05/2010 1:02:07 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Rodamala
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posted on
07/05/2010 4:47:25 AM PDT
by
pingman
(Price is what you pay, value is what you get.)
To: Bacon Man; Hap
I seem to recall filling glass bottles with calcium carbide rocks, catching the fumes (acetylene?) in balloons, putting the balloons in a big paper bag, taking the bag to Mom’s school dumpster and lighting it ... I mean, um, wow, what a dream I had!
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posted on
07/05/2010 5:39:54 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Yes, Chef!)
To: Xenalyte; Hap
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posted on
07/05/2010 12:18:48 PM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Bacon cures hangovers)
To: Eaker; humblegunner
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posted on
07/05/2010 2:09:08 PM PDT
by
RikaStrom
(Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
To: RikaStrom
Did you ever get your hearing back?
;<)
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posted on
07/05/2010 2:18:07 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Pablo is very wily)
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