Anyone else see the irony?

ghost_raven · 05-12-2008, 12:04 AM

Fireworks discovery near Big Lake leads to heck of a boom: Mat-Su | adn.com

...and while I'm no expert on pyrotechnics, doesn't 30 lbs. of C4 seem like a bit much for this?

Sounds like fun, though

AKHunter · 05-12-2008, 12:31 AM

LOL. I read that in this mornings' paper. I think those demolition fellows were having some fun. How often do they get a chance to make something go BOOM ! Hell if I was one of them, I know that I would load as much as I could get away with

ghost_raven · 05-12-2008, 12:33 AM

Extra boom, because they were blowing up commercial-grade fireworks... lol

privateer · 05-12-2008, 12:37 AM

Hi Ghost Raven, you gotta live up here to understand that kind of silly sh**.
The demolition teams live for those moments, we are just coming out of a long winter and it was a great way to bring in summer with a bang

troy2000 · 05-12-2008, 12:50 AM

The reporter who covered that story had way too much fun writing it up.

Mooseman684 · 05-12-2008, 01:17 AM

OMG...We sure like to Do things Big Up Here , Don't we... !!!
30 lbs of C4

...10 lbs would Have done a Semi Load !!!
God , I love this State !

cubbieman · 05-12-2008, 02:18 AM

and you thought they did things bigger in texas

i kinda woulda like to see that

Midas · 05-12-2008, 02:40 AM

Better too much, than not enough!

alaskamonte · 05-12-2008, 02:55 AM

This thread is worthless without video!

Please all, email the reporter and ask for pics or video!

Seabeescotty · 05-12-2008, 09:01 AM

I love a big boom! I just wish I could be the one making it! Too much fun, and too far away to get to see it.

LarryO1970 · 05-12-2008, 10:00 AM

Good God, a remote blasting cap would have worked just as well. 30lbs of C4 is a lot much... I wonder whose dime the C4 was on?

Don't get me wrong... a big blast is nice but nowhere necessary here.

TXplt · 05-12-2008, 11:53 AM

I feel bad I missed it !

rondog · 05-12-2008, 12:58 PM

Anybody ever see the video of the exploding whale in Oregon? Google "exploding whale".

Rambo · 05-12-2008, 01:35 PM

Anyone know the shelf life of C-4? Just curious. TNT does deteriorate over time and leaches out nitro-glycerin so ya gotta be careful handling it. I just wonder if C-4 becomes unstable, say after 35 years, in your basement? No reason. Just curious.

05-12-2008, 12:04 AM	#1
ghost_raven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 408	Anyone else see the irony? Fireworks discovery near Big Lake leads to heck of a boom: Mat-Su \| adn.com ...and while I'm no expert on pyrotechnics, doesn't 30 lbs. of C4 seem like a bit much for this? Sounds like fun, though __________________ The First Amendment defines America, the Second Amendment defends it.

05-12-2008, 12:33 AM	#3
ghost_raven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 408	Extra boom, because they were blowing up commercial-grade fireworks... lol __________________ The First Amendment defines America, the Second Amendment defends it.

05-12-2008, 12:50 AM	#5
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 10,014 Images: 9	The reporter who covered that story had way too much fun writing it up. __________________ I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting you really believe what you just said. WF Buckley, Jr

05-12-2008, 01:17 AM	#6
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 10,523 Images: 2	OMG...We sure like to Do things Big Up Here , Don't we... !!! 30 lbs of C4...10 lbs would Have done a Semi Load !!! God , I love this State ! __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

05-12-2008, 02:40 AM	#8
Midas Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 3,899 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	Better too much, than not enough! __________________ "Recoil lasts for a second, gravity lasts forever"

05-12-2008, 12:31 AM	#2
AKHunter Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 899	LOL. I read that in this mornings' paper. I think those demolition fellows were having some fun. How often do they get a chance to make something go BOOM ! Hell if I was one of them, I know that I would load as much as I could get away with

05-12-2008, 12:37 AM	#4
privateer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Anchorage , Alaska Posts: 514 Images: 1	Hi Ghost Raven, you gotta live up here to understand that kind of silly sh**. The demolition teams live for those moments, we are just coming out of a long winter and it was a great way to bring in summer with a bang

05-12-2008, 02:18 AM	#7
cubbieman Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,550	and you thought they did things bigger in texas i kinda woulda like to see that

05-12-2008, 02:55 AM	#9
alaskamonte Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 165	This thread is worthless without video! Please all, email the reporter and ask for pics or video!

05-12-2008, 09:01 AM	#10
Seabeescotty The ol' Coot Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 4,567 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	I love a big boom! I just wish I could be the one making it! Too much fun, and too far away to get to see it. __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

05-12-2008, 10:00 AM	#11
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 3,860	Good God, a remote blasting cap would have worked just as well. 30lbs of C4 is a lot much... I wonder whose dime the C4 was on? Don't get me wrong... a big blast is nice but nowhere necessary here. __________________ If anybody asks, it must have been the "trigger actuator nut".....

05-12-2008, 11:53 AM	#12
TXplt Conservative in Exile Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 3,186 Images: 4 Blog Entries: 2	I feel bad I missed it ! __________________ Old fighter pilots never die.....They just wind up in Texas

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rondog Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 1,564	Anybody ever see the video of the exploding whale in Oregon? Google "exploding whale". __________________ What she doesn't know about, doesn't piss her off.....

05-12-2008, 01:35 PM	#14
Rambo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 933	Anyone know the shelf life of C-4? Just curious. TNT does deteriorate over time and leaches out nitro-glycerin so ya gotta be careful handling it. I just wonder if C-4 becomes unstable, say after 35 years, in your basement? No reason. Just curious. __________________ If you run, you'll just die tired.