kids will be....BOOM!
When I was about 7 years old I was watching from just inside the open 16' wide garage door bay as my older brother was screwing around making garbage bag bombs using oxy-acet. ( no. we didn't have any parental supervision) and static electricity from the welding table ignited the mix.
I have suffered tinnitus (ringing in my head) ever since.
If that isn't hearing damage I don't know what is.
I still haven't forgiven my brother for those bouts of stupidity.
Oh, it burn't off all the hair on his arms, gave him an unenviable hair cut, plastered him with smoking garbage bag plastic, shook all the dust loose in the garage, scared every wild bird for a half mile or so, left me rolling around on the ground covering my ears,unable to hear for 20 minutes or so.
Bad stuff, garbage bag bombs.
I saw another one go off from static electricity caused by a tractor passing down the road.
Same thing happened to him again.
Not Me, I learn from my mistakes, sometimes.
sorry about all the smileys, they seemed so appropriate. They are kinda fun too.
Yeah, this story is for real. Remember! garbage bag bombs -bad news-