What NOT to do during a drought.

[Rhapakatui]

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=974&NewsID=1001854&CategoryID=20207&on=1

 

 

Having personally done this before (with water hose and fire extinguisher on hand), I can tell you that the only way it will actually ignite is if you start a small fire a few feet away.

 

Even tried armor peircing incendiary rounds and tracers.. lots of boom and stink, but no fire unless the ignition source is 5-20 feet away.

 

....I DIDN'T do it during the worst drought in memory when there were burn bans in every county for 200 miles.

[metalmonkey47]

Damn....

 

 

The forest is the last place to be shooting highly explosive objects. It's Texas, take that to the desert.

[Rhapakatui]

Nearest desert is 800 or so miles away. Southeast Texas is pine trees, lakes, and swamps. You're thinking of west Texas. Still correct though.

[Z-train]

Hw old were they....STUPID?

[FoxyRoadster]

am I the only one that lol'ed at "Newman said the cooler and beer will now be examined, and will be held as evidence."

[flatcat19]

There sure has been a lot of stupid going on lately.

 

Pissing in a public water source.

Shooting at propane cylinders.

Butt lice.

 

And these are supposed to be the future controllers of America.

We're screwed.

 

 

:P

[Rhapakatui]

am I the only one that lol'ed at "Newman said the cooler and beer will now be examined, and will be held as evidence."

 

I believe that was actually the line where I spit a little, and said "Oh, Ratsun HAS to see this"

[pharouh]

am I the only one that lol'ed at "Newman said the cooler and beer will now be examined, and will be held as evidence."

 

Me too! :lol:

[SuperD]

i was doing this in northern Arizona recently, worked out GREAT.

[Rhapakatui]

i was doing this in northern Arizona recently, worked out GREAT.

 

Just curious, what were you shooting with? A friend and I tried it shortly before Mythbusters. As said, we started with standard ball ammo from a .223. Progressed through his ammo stash using everything from depleted Uranium, to tracers, to armor peircing incendiary. No bullet would light it. Even setting a fire next to the can prior to shooting didn't work initially. The rush of propane displaced the oxygen putting out the fire. Finally worked when we moved the ignition flame a few feet away from the propane canister. We used small Coleman canisters meant to be used with a propane lantern. Teenagers playing with fire and guns. Fun stuff, but I wouldn't recomend it. I guessed that the guys who started this forest fire ran into the same issues and didn't take the precautions we did.

 

Young and dumb... etc.

 

 

Edit:

 

HAHA! just watched the news..... get it now... Aparently Ya'll gots you some fire troubles too.

Never thought I'd say it, but DAMNIT we need a hurricane.

[king bee66]

everyone ive ever met from east texas, mainly beamount have been nutty in some way, i guess when you get bored you start doing some crazy shit

[Laecaon]

Light a flare next to the tank. Shoot where the tank near the flame. Flares are not going out.

 

Gas tanks also dont explode from bullets...

[kaoss]

Idiots. I'm glad there is a fireworks ban here in west Texas this year. We have had less than two tenths of an inch since February.

[dennis]

When I was a CSAR in the Navy I had disabled a few armored vehicles with depleted uranium, most of the secondary explosions were from shells going off. That stuff is nasty, I would have to wear a rad badge and have a physical with blood work every month.

[Rhapakatui]

We're actually getting some thunderstorms today! 20" below normal rainfall for the year here. We need a flood, but atleast the trees are getting some water.