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Old 12-08-2011, 12:39 AM
 
Location: rain city
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......Two homes, a sidewalk and a van all took fire after a test for the show MythBusters went awry Tuesday and sent a cannonball out of a bomb range and into a nearby residential neighborhood in Dublin, California.

The cannonball, which took an unexpected bounce off a safety berm during the test, traveled 700 yards outside of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department bomb range where it was fired, hit a sidewalk, crashed through the front door of a home, traveled upstairs and went through the bedroom of a sleeping couple.


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Old 12-08-2011, 01:47 AM
 
Location: California
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Oh man, this is really close to where I live. I knew those guys did their stunts around here but woah! Nobody expects a cannon ball!
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Old 12-08-2011, 02:03 AM
 
Location: rain city
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I believe a lot of their show is filmed at the now-abandoned Alameda Naval Air Station.

But when they're firing cannons and rockets and stuff, apparently they use the Alameda County Sheriff's Dept. bomb range, which is apparently.....not too far from Dublin.
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Old 12-08-2011, 08:15 AM
 
Location: Columbia, California
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You can't buy that kind of advertising. Insurance can pay for it thou.
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