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Chunk of metal crashes through roof
"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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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...? |
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Chunk of metal crashes through roof
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/Histor...ngs/Besler.htm -- Frank Stutzman Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl" Boise, ID |
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Frank Stutzman wrote:
Generally true. But it can and has been done. See: http://www.airbornegrafix.com/Histor...ngs/Besler.htm Cool! In a Jules Verne sort of way... |
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