Thursday, May 27, 2010

check this out

Don't pick up any plastic bottles that may be laying in your yards without an inspection


Some people are finding these bombs in mailboxes and in their yards

1. a little Drano.

2. a little water.

3. a small piece of foil.

4. Mix it together, disturb it by moving it; and BOOM – chemical explosion with enough energy to remove appendages and produce burns

See "SNOPES" at the link below:

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/bottlebomb.asp

1 comment:

  1. Ok...
    Kinda true,
    Yes DrainO and water mixed properly can be deadly,
    But it's a timed reaction,
    Not a kinetic reaction.
    Unless that foil is made like a raft...
    And the DrainO goes it the raft,
    Moving the bottle would sink the raft and trigger the reaction.
    But it seems to me it'd be more likely that the person rigging the bomb would get hurt before putting in a mailbox.

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