2 Seattle boys working on science project hospitalized after explosion

[jakeXT]

(CNN) -- It started with a school science project. It ended with a house explosion so powerful it busted windows and blew open the back door.

Two boys were hospitalized Sunday after the blast at a Seattle home, police said.

One of the boys' fathers said his son had been working on a school science project involving model rocketry. He said the boys apparently were trying to start a fire in the fireplace and may have used some of the fuel intended for the rocket, Seattle police Detective Renee Witt said.

The explosion broke out windows in the living room and kitchen and propelled some debris out into the back yard, Witt said

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/16/us/seattle-science-project-explosion/

[itsrobert]

1. Reminds me of the time, Peter Brady's voclano erupted

all over Marcia and her friends.

[liberal N proud]

2. Starting a fire in the fireplace with rocket fuel shouldn't be considered a science project

It should get them an honorable mention with Darwin Awards though.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Rubbing two sticks together is sooooo yesterday. n/t

[hunter]

4. I have shrapnel scars in my butt and back.

And my hearing is probably not as good as it might have been.

But I never, personally, busted any windows with explosives. (Just citrus fruits, tennis, and golf balls.)

We told my mom I fell into the prickly pears.

I'm not sure she believed us, but she let it pass.

There ought to be some social mechanism for diverting the dangerous kids of all sorts, someplace other than the military, military industrial complex, or prison.

[Warpy]

5. Ha! It's great to know they're still making kids like I used to be

While I made a few rockets, I was happier making things that went "boom."

My property destruction peaked with an unused outhouse, probably why I never got caught.

I came by it honestly, my mother had her chemical works in the attic and blew a hole in the roof.

[knitter4democracy]

7. Have you read the Flavia de Luce novels?

I have a feeling you'd like them.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_browse-b_mrr_0?rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Aflavia+de+luce%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A2656022011&keywords=flavia+de+luce&ie=UTF8&qid=1392696929&rnid=618072011

[Scuba]

6. I cut open a couple dozen shotgun shells and used the powder for my "bomb".

I set it off in the middle of a cornfield, using a long piece of fuse so I was perhaps 50 yards away when I heard the fizzle. There may have been some corn stalks scorched, but there was no explosion.

I remember buying cord fuse by the inch at the hardware store. Can't imagine what they thought a 10 year old boy was going to use it for.