Did anybody see this on The Firearm Blog?

[burnse]

I came across
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/10/02/gun-room-explodes-injures-wife-of-idaho-state-representative/
and I had to read the comments. Enough people mentioned my favorite propellant, and it got me to serious concern with how/where my black powder is stored.
I wanted to know what the black powder people thought of this one.
How likely is it that this was even from bp in the first place?

Another idea was that it was an unsuccessful meth lab... just sayin'...

 

[BADUNAME30]

I see media making assumptions.

 

[burnse]

Also, I remember seeing someone mention BP being set off by a static spark. I have yet to see that happen .

 

[BADUNAME30]

That's been discussed in depth here burnse and if i recon correctly, proven inaccurate.

 

[burnse]

Indeed it has, Jim. I for got my "rolling eyes" smiley. Correction made.

BTW, congrats on the ROA. Beautiful thing.

 

[loose noose]

In my gun room I've got two gun vaults, and about 10#s of Goex BP, not to mention 40#s of smokeless powder and about 10,000 rounds of miscellaneous loaded rounds of ammo. Note: none of the powder is stored together, nor in the vaults, nor is the ammo stored next to the powder, been this way for at least 20+ years and never had a problem, of course there is plenty of ventillation. Neither my wife or I smoke, and no one has ever entered my home with a lit cigarette. Maybe that's why I haven't had a problem. What do ya think? Am I gun nut or what, just waiting for an accident to happen?

 

[BADUNAME30]

Thanx Burnse,

 

[Foto Joe]

This is interesting, let's say an electrical outlet fails and you've got a small fire that breaks out just a little too close to that one or two pounds of Swiss in the plastic bottles and all of a suddent there's a big hole where your gun vault used to be. Or....

Sewer gas (methane) that loves to collect in low spots develops and all of a sudden you have just the right mixture of gas and O2 but then you'd need an ignition source. Hopefully the fire department will come up with a cause on this but I've got a funny feeling that Black Powder or smokeless for that matter is probably not going to be the point of origin, a contributing factor maybe, but not the cause. I'd be suspicious of the room itself. It's stated that it was "converted" to a gun vault, who did the work?? Was it a licensed electrical contractor that did the wiring or somebody who knew how to turn on the lights when the sun goes down?

Every time I hear somebody say that static electricity will set off Black Powder I want to walk up to them holding a can of Goex shuffling my stocking covered feet across a shag carpet just to see them faint.

 

[burnse]

Every time I hear somebody say that static electricity will set off Black Powder I want to walk up to them holding a can of Goex shuffling my stocking covered feet across a shag carpet just to see them faint.

I am so doing that next time someone gasps in horror at my choice of bp storage!

 

[Foto Joe]

I will say that storing in a "cool" area makes sense though. Currently we're in Lake Havasu City AZ where it's still hitting 105-110 degrees every stinking day!! I can't wait to leave for Texas in a week or so where at least it's a more reasonable temperature outside. I usually store my powder (BP & smokeless) out in the garage of our 5th wheel but a few days ago I looked at the box marked "explosives" sitting there in my un-airconditioned garage and thought "probably a bad choice of location". I moved it into the living area and it's now under the dining room table. My wife loves me more than I irritate her.

 

[Majes]

I will say that storing in a "cool" area makes sense though.

Ya know Joe, common sense is a good idea :

Seriously, I think this is yet another dramatised reporting of something likely perfectly explainable.

 

[brushhippie]

Its easy to spout off about things you dont know anything about....Martin is clearly an expert.