A science experiment for the Discovery Channel show Mythbusters misfired Tuesday afternoon - literally - sending a cannonball smashing into two homes and a minivan in a residential neighborhood. Hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage were testing a cannon in Dublin, Calif., to see how fast a cannonball could travel when the incident occurred, and they found out the hard way. "This cannonball was supposed to go through several barrels of water and through a cinder block, and then ultimately into the side of the hill," J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff's Department told CBS Los Angeles. Instead, the...
- 12/8/2011
- by Liz Raftery
- PEOPLE.com
Dublin, Calif. — A stunt for the TV show "MythBusters" sent an errant cannonball through a California family's house and into a parked minivan a few hundred feet away.
Producers for the Discovery Channel show fired the cannonball Tuesday at the Alameda County Sheriff's Department bomb range behind the Santa Rita Jail when it misfired.
Sheriff's spokesman J.D. Nelson told the Contra Costa Times ( ) that no one was injured and the home's residents didn't even wake up until the dust was settled – literally on top of them. http://bit.ly/umCZnD
Nelson, who is also a consultant for the show, said producers have used the cannon that they built at the range more than 50 times without incident.
The cannonball was supposed to go through a few water-filled barrels and a concrete wall. Instead, it passed over the barrels, through the wall, and then took a "very unfortunate bounce that sent the ball skyward,...
Producers for the Discovery Channel show fired the cannonball Tuesday at the Alameda County Sheriff's Department bomb range behind the Santa Rita Jail when it misfired.
Sheriff's spokesman J.D. Nelson told the Contra Costa Times ( ) that no one was injured and the home's residents didn't even wake up until the dust was settled – literally on top of them. http://bit.ly/umCZnD
Nelson, who is also a consultant for the show, said producers have used the cannon that they built at the range more than 50 times without incident.
The cannonball was supposed to go through a few water-filled barrels and a concrete wall. Instead, it passed over the barrels, through the wall, and then took a "very unfortunate bounce that sent the ball skyward,...
- 12/7/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
A stunt for the TV show MythBusters sent an errant cannonball through a California family’s house and into a parked minivan a few hundred feet away.
Producers for the Discovery Channel show fired the cannonball Tuesday at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department bomb range behind the Santa Rita Jail when it misfired.
Sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Nelson told the Contra Costa Times that no one was injured and the home’s residents didn’t even wake up until the dust was settled — literally on top of them.
Nelson, who is also a consultant for the show, said producers...
Producers for the Discovery Channel show fired the cannonball Tuesday at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department bomb range behind the Santa Rita Jail when it misfired.
Sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Nelson told the Contra Costa Times that no one was injured and the home’s residents didn’t even wake up until the dust was settled — literally on top of them.
Nelson, who is also a consultant for the show, said producers...
- 12/7/2011
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside TV
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