Residents of Esparto, California had their windows shattered by an explosion created as part of a Mythbusters segment designed to see whether or not it was truly possible to knock someone’s socks off. According to KCRA news, the Mythbusters crew ignited 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate about a mile outside of Esparto that resulted in an explosion that “was a lot bigger than they expected.”
Nobody in the town had been notified that Mythbusters would be filming nearby, a decision that Esparto Fire Chief Barry Burns claimed was made in the name of safety:
“Mythbusters is supposed to be a really popular show. Everybody would have been out there. We would have had to cancel it because it would have been too dangerous.”
One resident was knocked off of her couch, while a teacher at one of the local schools said, “It felt like a house blew up, straight up… We were just scrambling to find out what was going on because we got kids out on the playground.”
Mythbusters replaced the broken windows in the town the same day and, while some residents thought that either a house had exploded or a plane had crashed, the lady who got knocked off her couch said “It was fun, really fun” and that she can’t wait to see the show. Wow.
That’s going to be an incredible episode. Especially if they film the damage done to the town and replacing the windows.
I want to see that explosion.
I would give my left testicle to have their job….I mean, I only need one anyway.
One of the coolest jobs in the world!
I expect at some point Adam probably WILL lose a testicle in some mythbusters-gone-wrong incident like this one. If he hasn’t already.
The Mythbusters rule even more now! Awesome!!!
Jamie finally got “big boom!”
They should call the new season “Mythbusters- Total Destruction!”
Coolest thing I’ve heard all day!
How lovely not to see this reportage turn into a nanny-state rant! Kudos to the lady ~on~ her couch – I don’t think I’m being overly harsh to express surprise that no-one is getting litigeous! db
Translation: How lovely that no-one has brought politics into this. Oh wait…I just did that, didn’t I.
This must be the coolest town on earth…
Teachers who give a damn about their kids.
A lady who isn’t suing the crap out of a show because of getting knocked off her couch.
And a fire marshall who apparently didn’t think 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate was bad.
This rules. Can’t wait to see this episode. I’ve been going through Mythbusters withdrawl.
“And a fire marshall who apparently didn’t think 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate was bad.”
I LOL’ed at that.
Gotta love those guys. Mythbusters rocks!
I agree with Steve above, but it explains a lot about the world when the teacher is quoted as saying, “we GOT kids out on the playground”…..
when is that episode coming out
It was the “Knocking Socks Off” segment.