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Offline Chris_

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2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion
« on: July 20, 2010, 03:09:07 PM »
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Fire Chief Dean Klinger told the Skagit Valley Herald the men put about four gallons of methanol in a 55-gallon barrel in the parking lot Sunday night, sat on top and lit it for a "barrel ride."

Klinger says, "Apparently it was supposed to slide across the parking lot like a rocket. Instead, it blew up."

The men were responsive when paramedics arrived at Funk Racing. They were taken to a local hospital, then flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with severe burns.

http://www.hutchnews.com/OddNews/2-men-burned-in-Wash--state-methanol-explosion
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Re: 2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2010, 03:11:27 PM »
Sedro-Wooley?

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Yup. I didn't even have to click the link and I knew that's where it would be.

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Re: 2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2010, 11:25:21 AM »
Must be "stupid month" in Washington.  Seems a couple of kids stole some OBA cannisters and were trying to "huff" them (although you can't get high from it), then threw them on a fire.  They're both in critical condition, and if/when they recover, they'll be busted for stealing government property (they were both sailors).
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Re: 2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2010, 11:37:42 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on July 21, 2010, 11:25:21 AM
Must be "stupid month" in Washington.  Seems a couple of kids stole some OBA cannisters and were trying to "huff" them (although you can't get high from it), then threw them on a fire.  They're both in critical condition, and if/when they recover, they'll be busted for stealing government property (they were both sailors).

Had a DC3 in my shop throw an activated OBA canister in the trash one time with a bunch of flammables. Lets just say much hilarity ensued. Unfortunately I was on leave at the time and missed it. Naturally he was NRP on his next set of marks.
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Re: 2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 12:14:09 PM »
Methanol, Nitromethane, hey, what's the diff, let's try that stunt...

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Re: 2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2010, 12:24:36 PM »
If those guys straddled that damned 55 gallon drum, thinking it was going to "slide around the parking lot like a rocket" and it blew up, we may have a couple of Darwin Award winners.

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Re: 2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2010, 12:26:26 PM »
We should submit it to Mythbusters...
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Re: 2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2010, 12:28:57 PM »
How many versions of Buster have they been through?

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