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Mythbusters Accidentally Bust Windows In Nearby Town

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the good-thing-it-wasn't-mirrors dept.

Thelasko writes "In an effort to knock Buster's socks off, the Mythbusters accidentally created an explosion so large it shattered windows in a small town over a mile from the blast site. The Mythbusters had the broken windows replaced the very same day. The Esparto, California fire chief says that several firefighters were on hand for the blast, but he didn't notify residents because, 'Mythbusters is supposed to be a really popular show. Everybody would have been out there. We would have had to cancel it because it would have been too dangerous.'"

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  1. Re:wow by neophytepwner · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I think the problem was that the Mythbusters didn't realize that explosions of that amplitude cause significant shock waves. A poor miscalculation on their part, then again if they were real scientists they would have done an estimate before hand that accounted for such an event. Although it may have been a rare event, Mythbusters seem so often trying to prove things can't happen when in all probability they are possible.

  2. Re:And finally... by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "And nursing her new baby?"

    Oh? She had a kid??

    I guess that explains her getting kinda 'chunky' looking there for awhile.

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