Posted on 05/16/2012 11:33:31 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — A woman suffered third-degree burns after what appeared to be the spontaneous combustion of rocks that had been scooped up from a Southern California beach, a fire official said.
The 43-year-old woman's children collected the rocks Saturday at San Clemente Beach, and she tucked them into the pocket of her shorts, according to the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/JuVv9L ).
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Just wait until that mass of stuff from Japan finally gets here.
I think they’re called “cop rocks”- used by the police when they give you the third degree.
Pocket rock -ets!
so you think it was just them mre warmers? at any rate you blame the military.
Are those rocks in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
ohhhhh hot damn! lol
Methane hydrates form under the sea but I don’t think they would be stable enough to exit very long as pebbles on a beach. Perhaps dome caustic material dumped at sea came in on the tides.
They need a long stay at the funny farm, or a free lifetime supply.
Their lifetimes are not very long anyway.
Why jack up the cost with a black market? So they have to burn, loot, and pillage to get it?
Make it legal, cheap, and readily available, and the criminality to obtain it vanishes.
Boy, one sure hopes she could quickly get her rocks off.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorts
The felt wedges are soaked with white phosphorus and ignite when the round opens and they are exposed to air, producing the dense white smoke used for screening and marking targets. Felt wedges often crust over, sealing some of the remaining white phosphorus until some uninformed individual picks one up or steps on it (as I did once: set my boots on fire).
WP is nasty stuff and produced deep and painful burns. Have to be careful what you pick up near training bases.
Mabe the rocks were escapees from a lava lamp.
I don’t like the attitude of “so you blame the military”. No I don’t blame the military but there sure are plenty of reasons to be suspicious about it.
It’s innocent until proven guilty, not beyond suspicion until proven guilty.
White phosphorus will ignite when it dries out. As long as it is wet it’s fairly safe.
Awww...you beat me to it. LOL!
In another story a man on the beach cooking hot dogs said some kids came along and stole the charcoal from his habachi.
nd sodium takes off if it hits moisture. Carbide and water = acetylene. I used to make hydrogen by putting aluminum foil in a container with water and lye - it generates a lot of heat. Lots of potential reactions to provide a combustible environment.
Henri is not amused.
Are those the actual rocks in question in your picture?
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