http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3157476/Rhode-Island-beach-evacuated-explosion-throws-50-year-old-woman-sand-pile-rocks.html

Woman hurt in mystery beach explosion: Cops hunt for suspect 'who planted object in sand' before victim was blown in the air



Explosion happened at Rhode Island's Salty Brine Beach at 11.15am
It threw 50-year-old woman several feet into the air and on to pile of rocks
She was taken to South County Hospital - her condition remains unknown
Police are hunting for possible suspect who may have planted a device
Blast apparently came from under sand but the cause is not yet clear
Police, firefighters and bomb squad are investigating at the scene


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Who knows. Bomb dogs found no traces of explosives.
Too much Taco Bell? The funny thing is that this is making world news. :rotfl:
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Either way not to be taking lightly.
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The explosion could be caused by a fuel spill that washed upon the jetty rocks from the boat that caught fire in Galilee.
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Too much Taco Bell?
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:smokin: She just needed a spark

Scary thing is, my kids play on that exact beach, on the exact part of beach, almost every morning... Except today they didnt make it. Seriously, is that what its come to? I gotta worry about a bomb at salty brine beach? Whats next an exploding clam cake at iggy's ???
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did some a hole place an airbag under the sand then set it off ?
strange

Clammer bloofish bomb.......

did some a hole place an airbag under the sand then set it off ?
strange

That's my guess.
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BLOOOOFish released last trip after a epic battle .........must have crawled into the sand ><><

IF* that really was a bomb, I wonder if it is related to the fire along the docks that destroyed a few fishing boats the other night.
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could be a dead seal or something biological (natural)
buried after a storm creating a gas bubble that finally popped.
very strange either way....

Whats next an exploding clam cake at iggy's ???
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i AGREE ..... Clammer should burst out of a cake !

could be a dead seal or something biological (natural)
buried after a storm creating a gas bubble that finally popped.
very strange either way....



i AGREE ..... Clammer should burst out of a cake !


wouldn't there be some kind of remnants of the animal though....skeleton, decomposed body?

this is too messed up for me....WTF is this world coming to

The explosion could have been caused by a buildup of methane gases from a septic system that is inadequately vented.
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wouldn't there be some kind of remnants of the animal though....skeleton, decomposed body?

this is too messed up for me....WTF is this world coming to


i keep remembering reading about that exploding whale ...was all

the sand ....may have kept remains subterranean :huh:

Latest news report from salty brine beach-

http://youtu.be/XVVW8BferzQ
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Hahaha - that thought crossed the mind too. Top 5% funny video on what could possibly go wrong.


As for Salty Brine - I cannot imagine many scenarios that would not leave a trace of some type.

I was wonderign why all the sirens yesterday until I saw the news last night. Must have been a couple of hundred firs responders down there.

could be a dead seal or something biological (natural)
buried after a storm creating a gas bubble that finally popped.
very strange either way....
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Exploding dead animals do not have the power to launch old ladies through the air. I have experience "exploding" dead bloated cows as a kid, I tricked my little brother to get near a hugely bloated dead cow. Once he was close enough I "speared" it with a sharp stick, and it sort of exploded. it was mostly a HUGE amount of stinky air and juicy stuff that splattered all over my brother. It was far from enough power to do any physical damage to anyone.

I think it is more likely the airbag scenario or a hoax. Or perhaps ole Phil Harris was right about the crab fart bubbles, except in this case it was lobster fart bubbles that collected under the sand, just waiting for some elderly lady to attack.

Ok... Here's the best theory i can come up with:

2 seasons ago they shipped in newly demolished boulders to rebuild the short wall jetty. To creates the boulders, they drill a series of holes into massive rock and drop explosives into them.
My best guess is a left over, undetonated explosive sitting in a drill hole of one of the boulders.
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Zero traces of explosive material was found by bomb sniffing dogs and lab testing.

I still think that lady stuffed 10 psi of methane into the sand from farting and lit a match..... Boooooom
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Natural gases built up under the sand? Like the small gas bubbles that can build in aquarium sand only on a larger scale? I think I saw something about a lake somewhere that had this mysterious underwater "explosions"....I will have to see if I can find it....

Edit: found what I had read about but this is different. This was more gases in the water. Not necessarily the sand or lake bottom like I was thinking....http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/exploding-lakes-in-west-africa/

She probably jumped (body reflex) from nearby boat horn that was mistaken for an explosion.
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Nebestradomous has a prediction to make!
Firstly... No one will ever know what actually happened.
Secondly.... The discovery channel or the history channel will definitely showcase this event and come up with reasons why this is one of the greatest scientific mysteries of all times.
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BoBO will know
he knows everthing

Nebestradomous has a prediction to make!
Firstly... No one will ever know what actually happened.
Secondly.... The discovery channel or the history channel will definitely showcase this event and come up with reasons why this is one of the greatest scientific mysteries of all times.
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Nope. Rhode Island does not get that kind of coverage. Think about the 1960s nuclear accident in RI.

Not that these guys know what they are talking about
http://wpri.com/2015/07/13/experts-beach-blast-likely-a-man-made-event/

“I think there’s probably a good chance they’ll have a great day at the beach and not get blown up.”

LOL! great quote man!

Not that these guys know what they are talking about
http://wpri.com/2015/07/13/experts-beach-blast-likely-a-man-made-event/

Hmmm, I was wondering what the Rock woulda thunk :kewl:

“I think there’s probably a good chance they’ll have a great day at the beach and not get blown up.”

LOL! great quote man!


:D

Dead cable .... My ass
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LOL Nice, Bry

Exploding dead animals do not have the power to launch old ladies through the air. I have experience "exploding" dead bloated cows as a kid, I tricked my little brother to get near a hugely bloated dead cow. Once he was close enough I "speared" it with a sharp stick, and it sort of exploded. it was mostly a HUGE amount of stinky air and juicy stuff that splattered all over my brother. It was far from enough power to do any physical damage to anyone.

I think it is more likely the airbag scenario or a hoax. Or perhaps ole Phil Harris was right about the crab fart bubbles, except in this case it was lobster fart bubbles that collected under the sand, just waiting for some elderly lady to attack.

That's some funny chit!
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Paul, it's all psychological. You yell decomposing methane gas deposit , everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell "terrorists", we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.

~ Mayor Link Chafee

Paul, it's all psychological. You yell decomposing methane gas deposit , everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell "terrorists", we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.

~ Mayor Link Chafee

Brilliant, sir. Absolutely brilliant!!

Paul, it's all psychological. You yell decomposing methane gas deposit , everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell "terrorists", we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.

~ Mayor Link Chafee

John, I'm pissing my pants at my desk I'm laughing so hard. Was the mayor wearing a sports coat that had 30 pastel-colored stripes?

God knows everytime I hear the word barracuda, my exact response is "Huh? What?" Especially if I was on an island somewhere in New York, I think a barracude elicits more of a response than "Huh? What?"


I won't laugh this hard again for weeks.

Too much Taco Bell? The funny thing is that this is making world news. :rotfl:
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I almost spit my lunch all over my monitor!

DEM: 'Hydrogen combustion' probable cause of beach explosion



PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced on Friday a probable cause of the recent explosion at Salty Brine Beach in Narragansett.


Officials noted that the culprit was “the combustion of a build-up of hydrogen gas in the beach sand, due to the corrosion of an abandoned copper cable that was previously used by the United States Coast Guard."


http://www.turnto10.com/story/29626743/dem-hydrogen-combustion-probable-cause-of-beach-explosion

Interesting - the Rocktologist concurs??

As believable as blaming the tooth fairy:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - An explosion that injured a woman at a Rhode Island beach earlier this month was a likely the result of a build up of hydrogen gas from a forgotten power cable buried beneath the sand, state officials said on Friday.

The copper cable had originally been laid by the U.S. Coast Guard to power equipment, but had long since been abandoned, officials said, adding that there appeared to be no further danger to summer sunbathers.

"I would take my kids there," said Arthur Spivack, an oceanographer at the University Rhode Island, who helped conduct the review.

The July 11 beach explosion tossed Kathleen Danise, 60, of Waterbury, Connecticut, 10 feet into the air. She suffered two cracked ribs, a concussion, bruises and scratches and was briefly hospitalized.

Police immediately evacuated the beach, but crowds were allowed to return the next day.

A team including state police, the state fire marshal's office, the state Department of Environmental Management, and university oceanographers probed the site for almost two weeks, digging in the sand and testing samples.

That's good detective work by URI. You don't think about hydrogen being given off in the corrosion process because it happens so slowly. But copper in a corrosive marine environment turning into copper oxide gives off hydrogen. (Cu + H2O = CuO +H2). In this case with a conductive and corrosive material like copper which is encased in a rubber jacketed cable, you have a place for the hydrogen to accumulate. By bad luck some hydrogen must have been weeping out a hole or the end of the cable and the gas met a cigarette. KABOOM.

Hydrogen accumulation is serious business in the submarine world and you have atmospheric control equipment specifically to get rid of it.

I suspect they were very aware it most likely was the cable early on soon after they found it, but just wanted to make sure they had all there info complete before they came out publicly which led to a lot of speculation.