[TheForge] Propane tanks

James Binnion jbin at well.com
Wed Sep 28 17:36:26 EDT 2011


Look up fuel air explosives. A propane tank with the right kind of detonation process can make an one hell of a bang. If

On Sep 28, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:

> Given what has been said about how hard it is to get an LP tank to blow up. 
> Why was there such a fuss last year when the guy tried to blow one up in 
> Times Square?  Do they want to propogate the myth that an LP tank makes a 
> good bomb, or were they just looking at the amount of fuel in it and 
> figuring out how big a bang it would make IF they got it to blow?
> 
> I just got an oxygen tank to make a bell out of. It was harder than I 
> expected to get the valve off it.  It took a large pipe wrench and an 
> extention to turn it. No time to finish, maybe in a couple months when I get 
> caught up.
> 
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
> 
> 
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