Hole in One: Woman Dies After Homemade Cannon Fires

[BADRACR1]

POTRERO, Calif. March 6, 2012 (AP) A woman died Tuesday after a homemade cannon blew a projectile into a mobile home in a remote San Diego County community.

Two men, including the woman's husband, were tinkering with the cannon outside the home when it went off and sent a projectile into the home, said Capt. Mike Mohler of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

It was not immediately clear whether the projectile or the cannon blast killed the 33-year-old woman, he said.

The woman was pronounced dead about 12:15 a.m. at her home at the Twin Lakes Resorts mobile home park in Potrero, a community of about 700 people near the Mexican border.

Her name was not immediately released.

One of the men was injured and taken to a hospital. Mohler did not immediately know his condition or the extent of his injuries.

Mohler said he could not confirm reports that the men had been drinking.




Ya can't get a pistol in CA, but ya can own a cannon!

[boracayjohnny]

There's just something so redneck about two guys tinkering with a cannon next to a trailer house. :rofl::lol:

[C5Nate]

Mohler said he could not confirm reports that the men had been drinking.


Is there really any question here?

[BuckyThreadkiller]

Doesn't Pete live in rural San Diego county or somewhere close?

[FasterTraffic]

There's just something so redneck about two guys tinkering with a cannon next to a trailer house...

... at 12:15 AM.

[FasterTraffic]

Doesn't Pete live in rural San Diego county or somewhere close?

I vaguely recall him being San Bernardino County.

[Jobaka]

Ya can't get a pistol in CA, but ya can own a cannon!

You can get all the handguns you want, you just can't carry them. :dunno:

Doesn't Pete live in rural San Diego county or somewhere close?I vaguely recall him being San Bernardino County.

:yesnod: Big Bear, if I recall correctly.

[Blademaker]

Good God........The ultimate "Watch this, hold my beer."

[onedef92]

I know it's wrong for me to do so, but I about split a gut LOL at your headline, BR1! :lol:

[6spdC6]

It wasn’t the Myth Busters doing a filming was it? I know they phucked up a cannon shot before!:D

[mrvette]

I know it's wrong for me to do so, but I about split a gut LOL at your headline, BR1! :lol:

I have played around with many a cannon, including a REAL Napoleonic French bronze tube that weighed over 200 lbs, helped a buddy carry it down his basement stairs.....last I heard it was still there in his basement, the CWar cannon tubes are still in the back yard.......

:lol:

[73sbVert]

You can get all the handguns you want, you just can't carry them. :dunno:



:yesnod: Big Bear, if I recall correctly.

But only one at a time, and one per month. :rolleyes:

SOOOOOOOO glad I left that fked up state!

:dance:

[ZipZap]

Doesn't Pete live in rural San Diego county or somewhere close?

Pete is outside of LA. I think he's in Arrowhead. I've never heard of Portrero, just Portrero Road, which is in El Centro, right across the border from Mexicali.

[Jobaka]

Pete is outside of LA. I think he's in Arrowhead. I've never heard of Portrero, just Portrero Road, which is in El Centro, right across the border from Mexicali.

*Potrero

About 2 or 3 miles this side of the border, just north of Tecate, Mexico.

Google Map

[mtp]

I almost fell off the couch when I read this story on Drudge last night

[BADRACR1]

I know it's wrong for me to do so, but I about split a gut LOL at your headline, BR1! :lol:

Now, comin' from you I take that as the greatest compliment! Thank you, thank you very much.:seasix:

[BADRACR1]

It wasn’t the Myth Busters doing a filming was it? I know they phucked up a cannon shot before!:D

They killed a mini van!

[OddBall]

Associated Press pic of said trailer.
...I'm not surprised

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5jtRWJYDL8_7dR9RaoptDWipUMm-Q?docId=37d22ca69eea4f1cb76306076428cd53&size=l

[Jobaka]

Associated Press pic of said trailer.
...I'm not surprised

[IMG]

Oh, my.
Living the dream.

[boracayjohnny]

... at 12:15 AM.

Even more fuel to the fire. :D

[Rotorhead]

Accident my ass, bitch didn't have dinner ready!





















:D

[onedef92]

Now, comin' from you I take that as the greatest compliment! Thank you, thank you very much.:seasix:


That was the dope right there! You nailed it. Easily among the best this week! :rofl: