Sodium + Private Lake = Fun

travisbean writes "This should be enough to pique your interest. Add to the story that the guy has his own pond and I think we can all see where this is going... 'The first step was the procurement, through eBay, of three and half pounds of solid sodium metal for about a hundred dollars. This is a decent price for a small quantity like this. Small being a relative term: It's used by the ton in industry, but anything more than a few grams is a dangerous quantity if found in your home. Three and a half pounds is enough, for example, to blow your home to bits under the right conditions.'"

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Re:And we wonder

[Nuclear Fr0g]

Well no one gets to see it cuz the site won't work, so it looks like you don't have to worry.

Oh dear,

[Trogre]

I feel another Darwin Award coming on.

Damns the /. effect...

[Ecko_viLAn]

...for I cannot look at the site and story!...
nuff said.

So....

[trotski]

1. Purchase lakeside property.
2. Aquire a sizable amount of sodium metal.
3. Build a suitable platform for lowering sodium into lake.
4. Lower sodium into the lake.
5. ???
6. Profit.

Why the pond blew up

[jpsst34]

I can't get to the link. Their cervix ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H server must have been near the lake when it exploded. As such, I'll explain why the lake blew up. You see, Sodium is a noble gas, making it highly reactive. Get it near water, midgets, or antique furniture and Bang-Woo! Just like eatin' beans!