Mythbusters + Cannon = Oooops!

[SteveJ]

What are your neighbors up to?

My sometimes neighbors are the mythbusters when they come to the range here in Dublin. The latest incident, amazingly nobody was hurt, involved a cannon. Short story: stuff happened, target missed, nearby wood and stucco house walls didn't stop it, finally found it's secondary target of a beige Toyota minivan.

And those people that bought beige Toyota's because they didn't want to stand out. Haha.

[jgerock]

Hope something like this wasn't used!

[SteveJ]

Probably close to it.

They said it was a canteloupe sized ball, went about 700 yards.

[jgerock]

Steve -

Washington Post Metro section just ran an article about this incident along with a picture of a hole thru a house.

[ronnelN]

We know that Mythbusters have been testing variety of stunts on every episode of the show. Though they continuously tell their audience to never copy their stunts at home, but they still continued doing it endlessly on their regular program. There are some tests that they shouldn't even try themselves. Tuesday, the hosts and crew of the well-liked science program sent a cannonball hurtling into a Dublin, Calif. community, causing an array of damage. No one was injured by the incident. http://www.newsytype.com

[SteveJ]

I have a feeling that in the future any similar 'tests' will be done a more remote location. Pretty astronomical odds that noboby was injured.