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JohnR 07-11-2015 09:11 PM

Was there a bomb and nobody kew it?
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ile-rocks.html

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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


Nebe 07-11-2015 09:45 PM

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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5/0 07-11-2015 09:51 PM

Either way not to be taking lightly.
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Redsoxticket 07-11-2015 10:20 PM

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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Liv2Fish 07-11-2015 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Nebe (Post 1076718)
Too much Taco Bell?
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:smokin: She just needed a spark

ivanputski 07-11-2015 11:28 PM

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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Slipknot 07-12-2015 06:12 AM

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

nightfighter 07-12-2015 06:33 AM

Clammer bloofish bomb.......

fishsmith 07-12-2015 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Slipknot (Post 1076728)
did some a hole place an airbag under the sand then set it off ?
strange

That's my guess.
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Clammer 07-12-2015 07:23 AM

BLOOOOFish released last trip after a epic battle .........must have crawled into the sand ><><

Nebe 07-12-2015 07:29 AM

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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Raven 07-12-2015 07:33 AM

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by ivanputski (Post 1076723)
Whats next an exploding clam cake at iggy's ???
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i AGREE ..... Clammer should burst out of a cake !

jim sylvester 07-12-2015 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Raven (Post 1076739)
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

Redsoxticket 07-12-2015 09:05 AM

The explosion could have been caused by a buildup of methane gases from a septic system that is inadequately vented.
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Raven 07-12-2015 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jim sylvester (Post 1076743)
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:

Nebe 07-12-2015 10:03 AM

Latest news report from salty brine beach-

http://youtu.be/XVVW8BferzQ
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JohnR 07-12-2015 10:16 AM

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.

MakoMike 07-12-2015 03:15 PM

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.

Cool Beans 07-12-2015 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Raven (Post 1076739)
could be a dead seal or something biological (natural)
buried after a storm creating a gas bubble that finally popped.
very strange either way....
!

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.

ivanputski 07-12-2015 09:55 PM

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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Nebe 07-12-2015 10:11 PM

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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Jenn 07-13-2015 08:33 PM

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/u...n-west-africa/

Redsoxticket 07-13-2015 08:50 PM

She probably jumped (body reflex) from nearby boat horn that was mistaken for an explosion.
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Nebe 07-13-2015 09:40 PM

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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Raven 07-14-2015 06:48 AM

BoBO will know
he knows everthing

JohnR 07-14-2015 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nebe (Post 1076811)
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.

RIROCKHOUND 07-14-2015 10:06 AM

Not that these guys know what they are talking about
http://wpri.com/2015/07/13/experts-b...an-made-event/

Rockport24 07-14-2015 10:25 AM

“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!

JohnR 07-14-2015 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND (Post 1076839)
Not that these guys know what they are talking about
http://wpri.com/2015/07/13/experts-b...an-made-event/

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

RIROCKHOUND 07-14-2015 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockport24 (Post 1076842)
“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

onecastmike2003 07-15-2015 04:13 AM

Dead cable .... My ass
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bart 07-15-2015 02:09 PM

LOL Nice, Bry

5/0 07-16-2015 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Cool Beans (Post 1076759)
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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JohnR 07-17-2015 07:54 AM

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

Jim in CT 07-17-2015 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnR (Post 1077053)
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!!

Jim in CT 07-17-2015 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnR (Post 1077053)
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.

paradoxjim 07-17-2015 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Nebe (Post 1076718)
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!

JohnR 07-24-2015 05:06 PM

DEM: 'Hydrogen combustion' probable cause of beach explosion



Quote:

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/296267...each-explosion

Interesting - the Rocktologist concurs??

MakoMike 07-26-2015 01:36 PM

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.

Ed B 07-28-2015 12:11 PM

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.


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