The scary part is "professional" fireworks are actually more dangerous. I saw an experiment done to determine the feasability of "safe bunkers" from land/sea steel shipping containers - so the "professionals" can run for cover if something goes wrong.
Turns out, a 10 inch shell has plenty enough velocity to rip clean through one side of a steel shipping container, and then blow up on the inside.
Bill Frist has some questionable ethics. As a young medical student he would adopt homeless cats and then use them to "practice" surgical procedures in his apartment.
Turns out, a 10 inch shell has plenty enough velocity to rip clean through one side of a steel shipping container, and then blow up on the inside.
He said so himself in his book:
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