Safety Concern - please read

[Gena Marie]

VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ AND SHARE!

Kids are putting Drano, tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink
bottles and capping it up - leaving it on lawns, in mail boxes, in gardens,
on driveways etc. just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in
the rubbish, but you'll never make it!!!

If the bottle is picked up, and the bottle is shaken even just a little - in
about 30 seconds or less it builds up enough gas


which then explodes with enough force to remove some of your extremities.
The liquid that comes out is boiling hot as well.

Don't pick up any plastic bottles that may be lying in your yards or in the
gutter, etc.

Pay attention to this. A plastic bottle with a cap. A little Drano. A little
water.
A small piece of foil. Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM!!

No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc.

Please ensure that everyone that may not have internet access are also informed
of this.

For verification and more information, click on:


http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/bottlebomb.asp< ;
snopes.com: Bottle Bombs >
There are actual videos of this bomb at the Snopes page. Check them out.
You won't believe the explosion from this device.


Michael P. Hofmann Sr.
Department of Human Resources
Police Chief
311 W. Saratoga St .
Baltimore , Maryland 21201
410-767-9669 (phone)
410-333-2757 (fax)
mhofmann@dhr.state.md.us

 

[Miss Springsteen]

Thanks for posting Gena! I dont know when harming random people became amusing.

 

[hypo_glycemic]

I've seen you post this a little while ago w/ out the contact info.. Is that happening a lot where you live?

Whatever happen to door-bell-ditching or toilet papering houses.. Now were talking undetected (bombs)! I mean what are parents teaching their kids these days?? Or better yet, where are the parents??

 

[Miss Springsteen]

I've seen you post this a little while ago w/ out the contact info.. Is that happening a lot where you live?

Whatever happen to door-bell-ditching or toilet papering houses.. Now were talking undetected (bombs)! I mean what are parents teaching their kids these days?? Or better yet, where are the parents??

Exactly! I dont have children yet but when i do i can promise they would be raised better than that. If it is the whole "hanging with the wrong crowd" thing then its the parents responsibility to step in and stop that. Some people shouldnt be allowed to reproduce.

 

[Gena Marie]

People are weird. I would never want to harm anyone. I hate when the prairie dogs and squirrels try to commit suicide while I am driving. I accidentally hit one of each once and it broke my heart.
So far I haven't heard any stories of this happening around us, but I am sure it is.

 

[ACRay]

Also if their parents are kids to trying to raise kids. Around my home its been rumors of kids breaking in other residents homes in the day time, my question is where are the parents and what kind of morals or rules thye have taught their kids. The first thing came to my mind if i catch a lil shit in my yard trying to get in my back door he will wish the cops would have got him before me lol. I think i might just break 2 or 3 fingers thats it to show them dont touch nothing thats not yours i may go to jail but i bet they will learn not to take something from anyone again.

 

[withoutrulers]

I've done this myself hundreds of times. The gas builds up and stretches the bottle three or four times it's initial size. You'll know not to go near it just by visual cues alone. It's a lot of fun to bury one in a field and watch the ground erupt 10 minutes later. To get the timing down, you'll have to experiment with aluminum/ draino ratios. We also use to do this with dry ice and water. Lotsa fun. I doubt seriously kids are leaving these with the intention of inflicting bodily harm.

 

[gamma]

Yeah same here we use to do this back in 90's nothing new. We never wanted to hurt anybody we just did it in a field or mailbox .

 

[andyrodgers]

very informative discussion, it will help a lot