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This is a copy from the Herald!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What evil lurks in demented minds, God help us!!
You won't believe this, but I did check it out and it's crazy, but
most important, especially for those with children or grandchildren.
I received this from a friend this morning and thought it was
important enough to forward.
Read this and then click the snopes link for more info and a video!
Don't pick up any plastic bottles that may be laying in your yards,
in your mailbox, etc.
Click on the Snopes web page below to watch the video.
Good safety info that I never heard of; be careful and watch the
video if you don't believe it.
Pay attention to this.
1. A plastic
bottle with a cap.
2. A little Drano.
3. A little water.
4. A small piece of tin
foil.
5. Disturb it by
moving it; and BOOM!!
6. No fingers left
and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc..
People are finding these bombs in mailboxes and in their yards,just
waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the trash.
Good morning to you all. I want to make you aware of a recent
incident that occurred this morning in York Twp.
This type of incident directly affects your safety as well as
your children's safety.
This morning, at
approximately 8:00 am, I was dispatched to an address, on Bemis Rd near
the Saline City Limits, for an unexploded pop bottle bomb.
When I arrived, I noticed a 20 ounce pop bottle, on the ground,
in the callers front yard.
After I inspected it
closer, I determined that it was in fact a "Works" Bomb.
I was able to clear the
device away from the house and once I moved it, it detonated itself
within 30 seconds.
After leaving that house,
I checked other yards in the area during my patrols.
I located a second one,
just a few doors down from the first one.
As I took care of the disposal/detonation, the homeowner came out
and asked me what it was.
When I showed her what it was, she immediately told me that she
saw the bottle and that she had planned on picking it up when she got
her morning paper.
Like the first one, once I moved it, it detonated in short order.
There was a high probability that this would have detonated in
her hand/face while she carried it to the trash.
A "Works" Bomb is Drain-o and Tin Foil, mixed together inside of
a bottle.
The chemical reaction between the Drain-o and the Tin Foil makes
a volatile build up of gases
and subsequently detonates
the bottle with a great amount of force. Once the detonation occurs, the
chemical substance that is in the bottle is actually boiling liquid.
**SAFETY**SAFETY**SAFETY***..........When you are out and about
in your yards, please be mindful of these devices.
If your picking up your
morning paper, or mowing your grass, or if you let your children out to
play; whatever your activities are, please use the following
precautions.
1)
If you find a soda bottle or any
other bottles, examine it carefully before you touch it or get near it.
2)
If
it shows signs of swelling, or melting in any way, DO NOT TOUCH IT! Call
911 and let us respond to take care of it.
I know that calling 911 for a soda bottle may sound silly or like
a misuse of your Police protection but trust me,
it is not. You do not want
one of these devices detonating in your hand or your children's hands or
in your pets face.
We are here to incur the danger for you so that you are and your
loved ones are not harmed.
So please check your yard thoroughly before letting your children
out to play and be mindful before you just deem that soda bottle as
garbage and pick it up.
In closing, please educate your children on the dangers and
consequences of making these devices.
It has become popular with
the youth in the past few years, to do this as a prank, but there have
been some changes to the law.
Not only could it be
deadly to the maker or the victim,
but making one these
devices is called, "Possession of a Substance with Explosive
Capabilities".
If
it causes no damage, its a 15 year Felony.
If
it causes damage, its a 20 year Felony.
If
it causes physical injury, its a 25 year Felony.
If it causes serious injury, the penalty can be "Up to life", and if it
causes death,
its
Mandatory Life without the possibility of Parole.
These are statutory
guidelines only.
These penalties are what could be imposed but it does not
necessarily mean that these penalties would be imposed.
But, you'll never make it!!! It takes about 30 seconds to
blow after you move the thing.
This happened a few days ago...April 27, 2010 as a matter of
fact.
Go to the "SNOPES" address below to check it out....it's
true.
Http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/bottlebomb.asp