Warning! Be Careful Out there! Drano Bombs In Your Mailbox, Yard, Etc.

You can't even buy the good drain-o or even lye for making soap anymore thanks to fucking meth users and meth makers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do they get all the ingredients to stay separate in the bottle?

This sounds like a hoax. Does not make sense. No way to time the mixing of ingredients.

Forgot to add... One star for stupidity.

Nice idea

Prince William fire officials are warning Prince William residents to steer clear of what they call a dangerous homemade explosive.

Authorities are seeing an uptick in reports of chemical bottle bombs in the county – most recently noted in the Westridge area this month, according to Prince William fire and rescue spokeswoman Kim Hylander.

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Detailed Analysis
According to this warning message, which has been circulating in various incarnations since around May 2010, kids are using drain cleaning chemical, Drano, along with tin foil and water to construct bottle bombs. The message claims that the bottle bombs are being left in mailboxes, lawns, driveways and other conspicuous places where they may injure unsuspecting people who pick them up. The message warns that if the primed bottle bombs are picked up and shaken even a little, they may explode and potentially cause serious injury to people holding them.

The potential threat described in the warning is real. Bottle bombs can be constructed from easily procured everyday items and chemicals, including Drano, aluminium foil and plastic drink bottles. Moreover, teenage pranksters in many parts of the world have been making and detonating such devices for decades. The devices are also known as MacGyver bombs, acid bombs, works bombs and soda bombs.

When the foil and drain cleaning chemical combine, a powerful chemical reaction occurs. This chemical reaction releases a gas which can build up pressure in the plastic bottle until it explodes, spewing out an extremely hot and caustic liquid. The devices have caused a number of injuries, including series chemical burns, eye irritation or blindness, limb and facial injuries and hearing damage.

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While it scrolled down to the reply , lol

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How are all the ingredients kept separate in the bottle so it does not go off right away?

I think I was about 12 when I was shooting a bb-gun on my uncles property next to the St Johns River in Jacksonville Fl. I had brought some cans out to shoot and after a while I noticed a 2 liter leaning up next to a very small tree. I shot it from about 20 yards away and it blew up in a pretty large explosion, all the surrounding neighbors came running out of their homes not knowing what had happened. My dad came out and after looking at the remnants told me I had shot a "drain-o" bomb. Thought it was pretty awesome but never tried to make one myself.

a young girl got blown up a a few months ago from one of those bombs some idiot left it on the playground

This reaction is used in drain cleaners. They are mostly made out of strong alkalis, to which alumunim or zinc has been added. The alkalis break down organic residues chemically. In addition, the formation of hydrogen leads to a bubbling effect which adds an additional mechanical cleaning mechanism.