Truck Explodes In South Omaha

Omahachannel.com ^ | June 19, 2002

[c-b 1]

Wonder if Insurance will cover that?

Yes it will.

[Bama_Fren]

"Whilst" sounds like southern redneck.

[Bama_Fren]

Think it would have made a bigger BOOM? LOL

[ValerieUSA]

*LOL* Another crazy dude with a truck and fireworks in a mishap.
Man kept in jail after Kool-Aid bomb blows up his truck
YAKIMA -- A man who said he was experimenting with a Kool-Aid-containing explosive compound for homemade fireworks when his truck blew up will remain in jail pending a federal grand jury investigation. Thomas R. Webster, 45, of Yakima, was ordered held without bail yesterday ...
Webster's 1971 yellow pickup truck exploded on June 13, destroying the vehicle, scattering debris 150 feet away and starting several small fires. Webster told ATF Special Agent Eric Floyd that he had been making an explosive called HMTD and was writing a how-to manual for making fireworks. Webster said he had been making the compound in his apartment for more than a year and was storing it in the back of his truck, Floyd testified. The truck was parked in a parking lot adjacent for the four-plex apartment house where he lived when it blew up.

[socal_parrot]

Officers want to know Zdan's relationship to the truck, which is registered to a construction company.

I'd think ex-employee.

[Inge_CAV]

"*LOL* Another crazy dude with a truck and fireworks in a mishap."

Just hope these dummys never have a nationwide convention.

I want to be far away.......... : )

[piasa]

Ooooohhhh.... ahhhhhhhhh! Is that the finale?

[Husker24]

What Chemical in Kool-aid can be used as an explosive?

[ValerieUSA]

Click on the link - it's explained in the article.

[rednekelmo]

no rednecks in ohio I know say whilst. heck most of them couldn't even pronounce it letalone know what it means

[amadeus]

Did you happen to live anywhere near Longbeach, MS at the time? If so, I was living near you at the time!

[rockfish59]

No, this happened in San Francisco by Cortland & Mission Sts.

[PsyOp]

I remember the good 'ol days when people DRANK Kool-aid to kill themselves. Well, that's progress for you....

[rockfish59]

It blowed up real good!

[billbears]

Most fireworks are illegal in Nebraska. Because they're dangerous

What? Fireworks or Nebraskans? Fireworks aren't dangerous if used properly. However this man apparently didn't. BTW, have I ever told you about the bottle rocket and roman candle fights I used to have with other kids in my neighborhood?

[mamelukesabre]

Hey, I don't think the council bluffs folks will appreciate that comment at all, LOL.

[mamelukesabre]

Oh gosh, maybe I'd better get that can of black powder and 4 foot of cannon fuse out of my truck then, hahaha.

[mamelukesabre]

Oh, the memories. I've many a war wounds sustained while engaging in bottle rocket warfare...

[Erasmus]

The explosion blew all the car windows out and broke store windows. They got messed up pretty bad but lived. One was deaf in one ear after the incident.

I'll mark that one as a near-Darwin experience.

[Centurion2000]

Good points. The trip back home after the holiday could be a big show at your local airport - dogs going beserk from all the smoke infested clothes, Junior's attempt to take home a stash of crackers discovered with great alarm, etc.

Even worse ... crack the firecrackers and put the powder in a pepper shaker and just walk around the airport.