Posted on 11/15/2018 4:29:42 PM PST by BenLurkin
A bomb squad responded to the 12700 block of Newport Avenue in an unincorporated county area near Tustin about 9 a.m. Wednesday after neighbors reported hearing an explosion, officials said. Two other mysterious explosions had been reported in the same area in recent weeks.
Deputies soon found pieces of a shattered terra cotta chiminea in Welch's backyard, according to the statement. Welch told investigators he accidentally caused the explosion by placing an aerosol can in the burning chiminea. No injuries were reported.
Deputies noticed items in plain sight at Welch's home that appeared to be explosives and fireworks. An OCSD Hazardous Devices Squad took charge of the scene and evacuated nearby residents as they obtained a search warrant for the home, officials said.
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I was curious what a “chiminea” was. So I looked it up, and found that it was slightly misspelled (in the original article). Here’s what I found in Dictionary:
chimenea: n.
“free-standing fireplace,” 20c., from Mexican Spanish. literally “chimney,” from Spanish, ultimately from Latin caminata (see chimney).
A bunch of parents on the schoolboard got pissed.
My science teacher in High School was pretty ticked when he found out Id mixed up 15 ccs or so of Nitroglycerin in his lab.
He and I disposed of it properly, if rather loudly, and I was banned from the lab for 2 weeks.
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There is always nitrogen triiodide.
I would bet he remembered the incident fondly later and retold it as a funny story.
I wish I had forced myself to stick to chemistry, as i didn’t need the science credit and dropped chem for more history. It didn’t seem to me like something that I would ever use. Later in life I came to the conclusion that the type of mathematics used in chemistry would have been applicable to other things.
I would bet he remembered the incident fondly later and retold it as a funny story.
I actually ran into him at my 20 year reunion. He was tending bar, believe it or not. He took one look at me and said I thought you blew yourself up ten years ago!
We had a good laugh.
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Tannerite (we used a small block of C4), 5 lbs of sugar, a flare, a rifle bullet and some basic hardware from the store and you can make a bomb that will do a good job of destroying a house.
US Army improvised explosives class (Germany 1983) was a LOT of fun. [grin]
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LOL!
Uncle Fester with hair!
Yeah, that would be a good area to build bombs in your yard. Some big hidden properties over there in those canyon streets off Newport.
That area feels very rural and many homes are sprawling ranch styles with huge front and back yards. Im sure his mom was thrilled!
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