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Mythbusters looking for new insurance company?

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-12-07 14:26
    I think they just need a new location -- somewhere in the middle of the desert.

    -Phil
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2011-12-07 15:35
    I saw that earlier today. It is a good thing no one was hurt and all the property can be repaired.
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,245
    edited 2011-12-07 15:41
    Why is there populated areas "some 700 yards" away anyway form the "bomb range"?
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-12-07 15:46
    doggiedoc wrote: »
    Why is there populated areas "some 700 yards" away anyway form the "bomb range"?


    "We're what ya call... experts."
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2011-12-07 15:54
    Bah, All the trips to the bomb range recently have kinda worn out that shooting location..

    Hope they include some of the footage in the official episode when it airs.

    OBC
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2011-12-07 16:15
    doggiedoc wrote: »
    Why is there populated areas "some 700 yards" away anyway form the "bomb range"?

    Well it is a bomb range, not an artillery range. I imagine that few bombs they work with would damage a target 700 yards away.
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-12-07 16:31
    I thought they said it was a firing range. If so then being close to populated areas is not a problem. As we have learned, the berms at a firing range don't stop cannon balls too well (they bounce over them).
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2011-12-07 17:09
    "Authorities were still investigating the incident. It was unclear where the cannonball came to rest."

    Try the local personal injury lawyer's office. Let the settlement talks begin!

    -- Gordon
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-12-07 19:34
    I watch Mythbusters regularly and I am very surprised it took this long for their insurance company to cancel. But, I do hope that they can get more insurance and take a few more precautions. It isn't fun to see anyone get hurt.
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-12-07 19:37
    Well, I don't know that their insurance was cancelled. Thread title modified...
  • Jorge PJorge P Posts: 385
    edited 2011-12-08 01:02
    I am sure there would be some legal issue arise if an insurance company cancels when a claim is made.

    in regards to the distance of a bomb range to homes, if you didn't know already. If a real bomb is taken there, it will be in an explosive container that usually contains the pressures of a blast. A bomb inside of those containers can usually be exploded anywhere if needed, but it is preferred to be done at a range designated which does not have to be very large or far away from homes.

    The people that run the range should not have allowed a test like that to take place there, it was designed for explosions, not projectiles that large or there would have been safety nets/screens, somewhat like the ones behind the batter at a baseball field, curved inward toward the field that keep a projectile within the range it was intended. But that is usualy not thought of until an accident occurs.
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