Posted on 11/28/2018 1:09:19 PM PST by Red Badger
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. —
A video released by the U.S. Forest Service shows how a gender reveal event led to a costly wildfire in southern Arizona that forced about 200 people out of their homes.
The information gleaned from the video isn't new, but it's the first public visual of how quickly the tall, dry grass on state land near Green Valley went up in flames after an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent fired a rifle at a homemade target. The rectangular target with a diamond checkered design marked with "boy" or "girl" explodes, sending a blue substance in to the air.
A person whose identity was blacked out in the 49-second video moves toward the flames after a few seconds as embers and debris rise above the mesquite and acacia trees then backs up, and another unidentified person moves across the screen from right to left.
A male voice in a panicked voice twice shouts "Start packing up!"
The Arizona Daily Star first reported on the video it obtained Monday through a public records request, and it was shared widely on social media. The Associated Press received the video from the Forest Service on Tuesday.
Agent Dennis Dickey told authorities he constructed the target with a substance known as Tannerite that detonates when hit by a bullet from a high-velocity firearm, according to court documents. He reported the fire immediately to law enforcement on April 23, 2017, and was cooperative in the Forest Service investigation, authorities said.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday that Dickey still is employed with the agency's Tucson sector.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
I guess i’m not up on things.
WTF is a “gender reveal” party???
Who the hell even came up with these reveal “parties” anyway?
And that dudes are into it enough to pull stupid stunts like this is just sad.
There are a lot of Tannerite idiots on Youtube.
Tannerite: The new must-have gender-reveal party favor.
It blows up real good!
I don’t know. I’m still working on LGBT and Q.................
My youngest son did their gender reveal the same way, but we made sure it was in an area that wouldn’t burn. They definitely weren’t thinking ahead. It is amazing that tannerite is so easily available.
It’s where couples get together and reveal the sex of the baby. Think of it as a baby shower.
Now that there are more than two genders....
Post-sonogram news, made more “important” now by gender “discussion”.
And gasoline. Idiots shouldn’t be allowed near gasoline.
It’s a party basically where the mom and dad get to find out what they are having. I had one son do a cake and when you cut into it, the inside icing was blue. Then one did the tannerite, he’s a hunter, the last son had a pink smoke bomb they put in a pumpkin. It’s just a way to celebrate what the baby is going to be ahead of time. Each couple didn’t know ahead of time what they were having. The ultrasound lady wrote down what it was and put it in an envelope for them. They gave it to a friend or family member who took care of getting the correct color- pink or blue and set up how the parents wanted to find out.
And this tard is trained to handle guns and stuff?
I’ve done a lot of tannerite. It causes a spark or two.
Just another excuse to attention whore on social media.
From Wiki:
Notable incidents
A Minnesota man was fined $2,583 and sentenced to three years’ probation[10] on charges of detonating an explosive device and unlawful possession of components for explosives after he detonated 100 lb (45 kg) of Tannerite inside the bed of a dump truck by shooting it with a rifle chambered in .50 BMG from 300 yards (270 m) away on January 14, 2008, in Red Wing, Minnesota. The man was on probation when he mixed and shot the Tannerite and was not allowed to possess firearms or explosives.[11][12]
A 20-year-old man in Busti, New York, shot 18 lb (8.2 kg) of Tannerite on January 13, 2013, that sent a particularly “loud boom” through much of southern Chautauqua County, New York, and extending as far south as Pennsylvania, at least 3 miles away. Multiple other sounds of explosions were also reported in the incident. The explosive noise caused numerous phone calls to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, the New York State Police, and other law enforcement in the area.[13]
The September 2016 New York and New Jersey bombings involved improvised explosive devices that contained “a compound similar to a commercial explosive known as Tannerite”,[14] set off by a small charge of unstable hexamethylene triperoxide diamine, which served as a detonator[14][15] for the highly stable ammonal-type secondary charge.
On April 23, 2017, an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent shot a Tannerite target in a gender reveal celebration on state trust land south of Tucson, Arizona, which accidentally ignited the nearby dry brush and started a 46,000-acre (19,000 ha) fire known as the Sawmill Fire. At the time, winds were gusting up to 40 miles (64 km) per hour and the National Weather Service had issued a fire watch in the area. By the time the wildfire was mostly contained one week later, it had jumped over the Santa Rita Mountains and crossed Arizona Highway 83, spreading into the historic Empire Ranch and the surrounding 42,000-acre (17,000 ha) Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. The estimated damage caused by the blaze was $8.19 million.[16] The man who shot the target, off-duty US Border Patrol agent Dennis Dickey, pleaded guilty in September of this year to a misdemeanor violation of US Forest Service regulations and was sentenced to five years’ probation. He also was ordered to pay $8,188,069 in restitution, starting with an initial payment of $100,000 and monthly payments thereafter.[17]
I have a niece who did one where an air cannon was supposed to blow out blue or pink confetti. Wrong cannon went off. Niece's expression was priceless. Now that I thought was funny.
Sounds like another way for millennials to feel important.
Yes, there are “male”, “female” and “clueless and stupid”
Not sure, but I am pretty sure it’s how the bishops declare they’ve picked a pope.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.