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Mythbusters cannonball gets away and nails a house. Rule four, guys.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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December 8th, 2011 at 11:19 am
Actually two houses and a minivan – amazing nobody got hurt, in fact. I can’t wait to see THAT episode..
December 8th, 2011 at 11:51 am
How the hell did it have so little energy to ping pong in that house, but still enough to get out and fly another 200 years into a roof and then minivan?
Sounds like some magic bullet action.
December 8th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Edit: yards, not years…morning beer.
December 8th, 2011 at 11:57 am
“”MythBusters” visit neighborhood they attacked and explain powerful stunt that went wrong.”
They ATTACKED!? Wow. How many in that news room have attacked other drivers in traffic with their car I wonder?
December 8th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
So will they get charged with negligence?
After all, if a 30.06 leaves my house and hits another I’d get charged with that.
And Mythbusters may have to close shop as their insurance company won’t cover them anymore at the least.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
I’m guessing that they pay a hefty premium, and with only one claim in 8 years, it won’t be huge deal. Even with damages, this is MAYBE a $50,000 dollar claim.
December 8th, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Number 1, they were under the supervision of the Alameda Co Sheriff’s department, and they are usually the ones loading the weapons, so Mythbusters themselves may be completely off the hook and able to put everything on the sheriff’s department.
As far as it all goes, my understanding is that it touched off out of battery while they were loading it. So #4 isn’t -as- applicable. (had it been in battery, there was the berm of the bomb range)
December 8th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
And if I let a round fly “by accident” while out of battery and it goes over the berm and hits a house…I get charged.
And their “don’t try this at home”..needs to be changed to “Don’t let the cops do this.”
I bet they stop using the bomb range as a gun range now.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:29 am
They’ve already stated that they won’t be airing this footage, unfortunately. Adam and Jaime weren’t present when it happened, it was the 3 younger sidekicks at the helm when it happened.
December 9th, 2011 at 3:32 am
Jesus Its crazy to see how much damage that thing did even after traveling like 700 yards just to make it to the home.
December 10th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
There is some justification for not airing the footage – such as not profiting off such an egregious error. I still think they should show it – make an entire issued dedicated to safety.
I haven’t heard enough details to understand exactly why it happened, but clearly the procedure in place was not foolproof. Then again, what human endeavor truly is?
I also doubt this is the only significant mishap they have experienced in eight years, just the only one that was so spectacular, and spectacularly public.