I always thought this was a bad idea…

So I had previously seen a lot of different coverage in different places about the “festival of colors“. For a quick background see this.

I always thought it intriguing yet weird because well my fascination with fire and explosives has taught me the dangers of such things as dust, especially in large quantities. Well my apprehension was evidently well founded.

An article on the incident had this to say,

Explosions and blasts continued to take or put human lives in danger across the globe over the past week as fun and frolic turned into tragedy in the space of minutes. In the Formosa Water Park in the Bali district in Taiwan, over 200 people suffered severe burns after a dust explosion engulfed an area where people were merrily dancing.

I learned about the wonders of dust explosions back in scouts and the ripe age of 13. Non-dairy creamer, flour, really anything in a powdered form that is combustable will produce fantastic results. The MSDS for white chalk further provides data that while it may be chalk, danger is a serious concern for fire and explosion.

So remember, trust your gut and just because a bunch of people are doing it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s safe.

Now reporting your neigbor…

Is as easy as running an app on your iPhone!

This is wrong on so many levels it drives me insane that someone would actually willingly download it. It reminds me of Nazi Germany telling school children to report their parents and any other suspicious behavior they see.

What is most annoying though is they call it the “Patriot” app. These people wouldn’t know what a patriot is if it jumped up and bit them right in the ass.

The app should be called either “Brown shirts” or “1-800-Dial-a-Nazi”.