Pete Dionasopolis: "Um, golf clubs. Both of us."
Posted on 12/07/2011 7:00:46 AM PST by Red Badger
DUBLIN, Calif. (CBS) — A cast iron cannonball rocketed through two homes and landed inside a minivan Tuesday when a “Mythbusters” TV experiment went wrong.
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are hosts of the scientific experimentation show, which airs on The Discovery Channel. The pair was reportedly trying to figure out how fast a cannonball would travel, when it misfired and shot hundreds of feet in the air.
“This cannonball was supposed to go through several barrels of water and through a cinder block, and then ultimately into the side of the hill,” said J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department.
Instead the cannonball flew over the foothills surrounding Camp Parks Military Firing Reservation, before spiraling back toward Dublin like a cruise missile.
It flew straight though the front door of a home on Cassata Place, and bounced around like a pinball, flying up to the second floor before blasting through a back bedroom wall.
The wayward cannonball then blasted across a busy road and through a second home some 50 yards away, demolishing roof tiles.
The homeowner’s mother was frightened.
“”It was a very loud boom; she thought a tree fell, maybe a meteor,” said Ming Jiang. “It wasn’t clear that it was a cannonball landing on the roof.”
The out of control cannonball finally came to a stop inside Jasper Gill’s minivan.
“It hit the dash, through the passenger window,” said Gill, who had gotten out of the vehicle just 10 minutes before the ball struck. “I’m lucky I’m alive.”
Incredibly, no one was injured in the mishap.
Officials said Mythbusters had been using the firing reservation for the last eight years for similar experiments, but none had gone awry.
What makes you say that, because they got invited to the White House and figured having the president on your TV show isn’t a bad idea?
They could be, but I have NEVER heard either of them espouse a political view about anything ever.
What makes you say that, because they got invited to the White House and figured having the president on your TV show isn’t a bad idea?
They could be, but I have NEVER heard either of them espouse a political view about anything ever.
What makes you say that, because they got invited to the White House and figured having the president on your TV show isn’t a bad idea?
They could be, but I have NEVER heard either of them espouse a political view about anything ever.
Actually it is a fun show....
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I thought so initially, but then they really started to get on my nerves with some of the over-the-top stuff. Haven’t watched it for a few years.
Instead the cannonball flew over the foothills surrounding Camp Parks Military Firing Reservation, before spiraling back toward Dublin like a cruise missile.
Apparently the author of the article flunked high school physics.
When did the Obama stuff occur and what was it?
Remember, we have decades of experience and this is very dangerous so don’t try this at home.
We are the only ones professional enough to handle cannons safely. BOOM! OH Sh!t!! OH NO!!
Minivan should get labeled “Myth Busted”.
I went to the one in DE a few years back - great time, huge party. You should've seen the amazing things. The air cannons are OK but the mechanical genius employed in the "geared trebuchets" .
I did see a pumpkin released too soon and take out a porta john.
My gaydar has noticed that as well.
I guess that’s why the Mythbuster’s tagline is, “Don’t try this at home.”
Is that picture posted so that we can calibrate our Gaydar?
That figure makes Obama look like a wax statue and I don’t know why.
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My thoughts exactly! He looks like he’s wearing death rouge.
I don’t care if Jamie and Adam are lefties or not. I try to never miss a program. They and their supporting cast have created an interesting program, a program where most explosions or failures are planned and people don’t get blown away. The next program will show how things went wrong.
Pete Dionasopolis: "Um, golf clubs. Both of us."
And now we know why homes near the range have a low price tag and high insurance rate. Glad no one was hurt.
If I was one of the property owners I would require my repairs be paid for AND I get to be on three shows and get to help blow some stuff up in lieu of compensatory damages for my nerves! ;-)
Doesn’t mean much. Gays have been know to refer to ‘male partners’ as ‘wives’ and ‘husbands’, depending.........
Also surprised that the range masters let contestants consume alcohol during the event.
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