Chunk of metal crashes through roof

[Darkwing]

"VOR-DME" > wrote in message
...
>I like the attitude here : Start by blaming airplanes and calling in the
> FAA. When they sadly inform you that airplanes are not made of cast iron,
> then check around for more probable causes. For a wood chipper to send a
> significant chunk of cast iron through someone's roof, it must have been
> very nearby. Wouldn't it make sense to check there first before calling
> in the FAA?
>
>
>
> JERSEY CITY, N.J. A note to someone in northern New Jersey: Check what
> you're putting through your wood chipper. Al Smith was forklifting a sofa
> in his moving company's warehouse in Jersey City on Wednesday morning
> when he heard a sound he thought was a bomb. A chunk of hot metal the
> size of a brick came crashing through the roof just steps from him. It
> splintered a wooden beam and crashed into a shelf.
>
> The Federal Aviation Administration looked at the object and determined
> it wasn't from an airplane. Mayor Jerramiah Healy said the cast iron
> object came from a nearby wood chipper.
>
> Smith was not hurt but said he was shaken up. He feels so lucky it missed
> him that his next step was to buy a lottery ticket.
>

I had a friend who had a big cast iron pipe cannon. He would pour black
powder and wadding in the thing and pack it all in there and light it and it
made a huge BOOM. So one weekend he ran out of black powder, put in some
shotgun powder and BOOM! Well this time the whole thing exploded and we
found a piece as far as a 1/4 mile away because it broke a neighbors
concrete statue outside her house! Safe to say it could of killed someone
had they been hit, still freaks me out.

[Bear Bottoms[_4_]]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:46:10 -0500, Darkwing wrote:

> "VOR-DME" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I like the attitude here : Start by blaming airplanes and calling in the
>> FAA. When they sadly inform you that airplanes are not made of cast iron,
>> then check around for more probable causes. For a wood chipper to send a
>> significant chunk of cast iron through someone's roof, it must have been
>> very nearby. Wouldn't it make sense to check there first before calling
>> in the FAA?
>>
>>
>>
>> JERSEY CITY, N.J. A note to someone in northern New Jersey: Check what
>> you're putting through your wood chipper. Al Smith was forklifting a sofa
>> in his moving company's warehouse in Jersey City on Wednesday morning
>> when he heard a sound he thought was a bomb. A chunk of hot metal the
>> size of a brick came crashing through the roof just steps from him. It
>> splintered a wooden beam and crashed into a shelf.
>>
>> The Federal Aviation Administration looked at the object and determined
>> it wasn't from an airplane. Mayor Jerramiah Healy said the cast iron
>> object came from a nearby wood chipper.
>>
>> Smith was not hurt but said he was shaken up. He feels so lucky it missed
>> him that his next step was to buy a lottery ticket.
>>
>
> I had a friend who had a big cast iron pipe cannon. He would pour black
> powder and wadding in the thing and pack it all in there and light it and it
> made a huge BOOM. So one weekend he ran out of black powder, put in some
> shotgun powder and BOOM! Well this time the whole thing exploded and we
> found a piece as far as a 1/4 mile away because it broke a neighbors
> concrete statue outside her house! Safe to say it could of killed someone
> had they been hit, still freaks me out.

I once dropped a kilo on a cow.

LOL!
--
Bear Bottoms
Private Attorney General

[VOR-DME]

I like the attitude here : Start by blaming airplanes and calling in the
FAA. When they sadly inform you that airplanes are not made of cast iron,
then check around for more probable causes. For a wood chipper to send a
significant chunk of cast iron through someone's roof, it must have been
very nearby. Wouldn't it make sense to check there first before calling
in the FAA?



JERSEY CITY, N.J. A note to someone in northern New Jersey: Check what
you're putting through your wood chipper. Al Smith was forklifting a sofa
in his moving company's warehouse in Jersey City on Wednesday morning
when he heard a sound he thought was a bomb. A chunk of hot metal the
size of a brick came crashing through the roof just steps from him. It
splintered a wooden beam and crashed into a shelf.

The Federal Aviation Administration looked at the object and determined
it wasn't from an airplane. Mayor Jerramiah Healy said the cast iron
object came from a nearby wood chipper.

Smith was not hurt but said he was shaken up. He feels so lucky it missed
him that his next step was to buy a lottery ticket.

[[email protected]]

On Feb 19, 2:30*pm, VOR-DME > wrote:
> I like the attitude here : Start by blaming airplanes and calling in the
> FAA. When they sadly inform you that airplanes are not made of cast iron,
> then check around for more probable causes. For a wood chipper to send a
> significant chunk of cast iron through someone's roof, it must have been
> very nearby. Wouldn't it make sense to check there first before calling
> in the FAA?
>
> JERSEY CITY, N.J. A note to someone in northern New Jersey: Check what
> you're putting through your wood chipper. Al Smith was forklifting a sofa
> in his moving company's warehouse in Jersey City on Wednesday morning
> when he heard a sound he thought was a bomb. A chunk of hot metal the
> size of a brick came crashing through the roof just steps from him. It
> splintered a wooden beam and crashed into a shelf.
>
> The Federal Aviation Administration looked at the object and determined
> it wasn't from an airplane. Mayor Jerramiah Healy said the cast iron
> object came from a nearby wood chipper.
>
> Smith was not hurt but said he was shaken up. He feels so lucky it missed
> him that his next step was to buy a lottery ticket.

I thought the boilers were made of iron? Or was it stainless steel...?

[Frank Stutzman[_3_]]

Airbus > wrote:

> Airplanes do not have boilers.
> They do not even use steam (except in cup-sized quantities in the galley).

Generally true. But it can and has been done. See:
http://www.airbornegrafix.com/HistoricAircraft/ThingsWings/Besler.htm



--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Boise, ID

[B A R R Y[_2_]]

Frank Stutzman wrote:
>
> Generally true. But it can and has been done. See:
> http://www.airbornegrafix.com/HistoricAircraft/ThingsWings/Besler.htm


Cool! In a Jules Verne sort of way...

[Airbus[_5_]]

In article
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says...

>
>I thought the boilers were made of iron? Or was it stainless steel...?


You're absolutely right.
The boilers were always made of cast iron - on steam locomotives.
But these rarely flew over people's heads!


Airplanes do not have boilers.
They do not even use steam (except in cup-sized quantities in the galley).