Danger....Huge Alert !!!! Warning !

[brin]

My wife's cousin just emailed this to me...I know when I am mowing in front of our house I sometimes have to get off the tractor and pick up a discarded bottle..I have done it many times....Read this and be real careful from now on !
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Drano, Tin Foil & Water = Important

Kids are putting Drano, tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink bottles and capping it up - leaving it onlawns, 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 email access are also informed of this.For verification and more information, click on:snopes.com: Bottle Bombs

 

[madmax12]

Wow!

I have never heard of that. Just watched a few of those youtube videos, after reading the snopes link.

This is no joke...

 

[Artisan]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaiCdX1XWc"]2 Liter Drano Bomb! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[namesray]

thanks for the heads up. always appreciate the warnings i see here at tbn. way to watch over one another.:thumbsup: also artisan, thanks for puitting the quick link video. really made me believe this story to be true.

 

[creekbend]

Thanks for posting. I would have replied earlier, but I just got off the phone calling people. I have never heard of those devices. I initially thought of acetone when I read the first part of your thread. I knew of the dangers of drano and bleach interacting, but was unaware of the tin foil activation.

 

[creekbend]

thanks for the heads up. always appreciate the warnings i see here at tbn. way to watch over one another.:thumbsup: also artisan, thanks for puitting the quick link video. really made me believe this story to be true.

Dear Sir. Rest assure that the Op researches his posts somewhat diligently and I have always found his threads and posts to be informative and accurate. As you previously stated, the video did provide a more detailed visual of the device's destructive force.

 

[RSKY]

If you find a capped bottle in your yard kick it and let it lay a few minutes then kick it again before picking it up.

Don't do this barefooted or with shorts on.

Had the same thing using dry ice somehow at a place I worked.

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for posting, I never heard of this until just now.

Eddie

 

[k0ua]

Thanks Brin, and Artisan.. I also have never heard of these type of bombs either.. I will be extra carefull of any bottles thrown on our property.. Which we do see occasionally.

James K0UA

 

[blueriver]

Yes thanks ... I'm a little slow, didn't see in the video the tin foil ... what part does it play?