Chinese Kidds+Firecrackers+Sewers=

[C130]

a childhood pastime??

excuse me if this has already been discussed before, but what the hell is it with Chinese kids dropping fireworks in manholes just to have it blow up in their face??

I've probably seen more than 5 of these videos in the past 6 months!!

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in the beginning of the video I see a mother with a little toddler, but why doesn't she say something to them?? thank god that toddler wasn't near when it exploded.

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[Tractor]

Forty years ago I and many others did the same thing and no such thing happened.Maybe now living stantard is much more higher than the old time and there is much more gas evacuated by human activities.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

C130 I've dropped fireworks in manholes when I was a kid but I think the difference is that the manholes we both see on the street are only for stormdrains (ie rainwater runoff). I think most sewer pipes here simply aren't vented in the street (you never smell sewer gases while walking down the street) The vents are actually on the rooves of houses. If you were to go up on a roof near a vent you'd start gagging.

As long as somebody doesn't drain their gas tank into a stormdrain there isn't much risk of an explosion. Of course if a natural gas pipeline had a leak it may seep into the stormdrains too and cause a potential problem...but you'd smell the mercaptan (chemical added to give it the rotten egg smell) and know not to commit suicide.

 

[East or West India Best]

Forty years ago I and many others did the same thing and no such thing happened.Maybe now living stantard is much more higher than the old time and there is much more gas evacuated by human activities.

Holy you're old!

 

[C130]

C130 I've dropped fireworks in manholes when I was a kid but I think the difference is that the manholes we both see on the street are only for stormdrains (ie rainwater runoff). I think most sewer pipes here simply aren't vented in the street (you never smell sewer gases while walking down the street) The vents are actually on the rooves of houses. If you were to go up on a roof near a vent you'd start gagging.

As long as somebody doesn't drain their gas tank into a stormdrain there isn't much risk of an explosion. Of course if a natural gas pipeline had a leak it may seep into the stormdrains too and cause a potential problem...but you'd smell the mercaptan (chemical added to give it the rotten egg smell) and know not to commit suicide.

yeah gotta be a methane explosion from all the feces and other stuff down in there.

but i think these kids know damn well these things can and will blow up in their faces since they would run away each time.

 

[Tractor]

yeah gotta be a methane explosion from all the feces and other stuff down in there.

but i think these kids know damn well these things can and will blow up in their faces since they would run away each time.

I don't think the kids would rather run away for they just want to hear the loud sound of explosion more clearly.