MythBusters Bust House

ewhac writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that the MythBusters accidentally sent a cannon ball hurtling through Dublin this afternoon, punching through a home, bouncing across a six-lane road, and ultimately coming to a rest inside a now-demolished Toyota minivan. Amazingly, there were no injuries. The ball was fired from a home-made cannon at the Alameda County Sheriff's Department bomb range, and was intended to strike a water target. Instead the ball missed the water, punched through a cinder-block wall, and skipped off the hill behind. Prior to today, the MythBusters had been shooting episodes at the bomb range for over seven years without major incident. It is not clear whether Savage/Hyneman or Belleci/Imahara/Byron were conducting the experiment."

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Re:Not to be too pedantic

[PopeRatzo]

You do realize that stories are submitted well in advance of when they're actually posted, right? Sometimes DAYS in advance.

It's a television show. It was probably planned WEEKS in advance.

I will believe this the minute people involved in the show are arrested and prosecuted. Until then, the safe bet is publicity stunt.