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Harpoon
Well, no, not really, that's too complex and way the heck off topic for here...
However, the kids in the neighborhood have found a new game just in time for the summer.
IED's
Ingredients (so I've been told by one of the police officers at the scene):
1 empty plastic pop (or soda if you insist, though it's STILL pop) bottle, with cap
1 "average sized" piece of aluminum foil
An undisclosed amount of Liquid Draino
An undisclosed amount of ammonia
So they tell me that if you put all the ingredients into the bottle, seal it up, and shake it a bunch then set it on the ground (or maybe toss it a few feet) it will blow up. The chemical reaction between the foil, draino, and ammonia generates a gas (I think co2) that eventually makes the bottle explode. They dind't know how big of an explosion it would make, probably no more than a few feet at best and only enough to cause harm at very close range, if you got the chemicals on your skin or into your clothes...
There were three of these things laid out in an interesection this evening and the fire department (not the one I'm in...) had to come out and "neutralize" them.
One kid on the scene was treated for chemical burns to his hand, most likely one of the guys who made the bombs. Caught him "blue handed," from the blue stain of the stuff they were putting in the bottles.
First pic is of the bottle after it was "defused" and the second one is a "before" shot with firefighters in the background, the "bomb" is in the lower left corner.
However, the kids in the neighborhood have found a new game just in time for the summer.
IED's
Ingredients (so I've been told by one of the police officers at the scene):
1 empty plastic pop (or soda if you insist, though it's STILL pop) bottle, with cap
1 "average sized" piece of aluminum foil
An undisclosed amount of Liquid Draino
An undisclosed amount of ammonia
So they tell me that if you put all the ingredients into the bottle, seal it up, and shake it a bunch then set it on the ground (or maybe toss it a few feet) it will blow up. The chemical reaction between the foil, draino, and ammonia generates a gas (I think co2) that eventually makes the bottle explode. They dind't know how big of an explosion it would make, probably no more than a few feet at best and only enough to cause harm at very close range, if you got the chemicals on your skin or into your clothes...
There were three of these things laid out in an interesection this evening and the fire department (not the one I'm in...) had to come out and "neutralize" them.
One kid on the scene was treated for chemical burns to his hand, most likely one of the guys who made the bombs. Caught him "blue handed," from the blue stain of the stuff they were putting in the bottles.
First pic is of the bottle after it was "defused" and the second one is a "before" shot with firefighters in the background, the "bomb" is in the lower left corner.