128,000 firecrackers all at once

[TheSiege]

One of my best friends and the single greatest person I have ever known passed away yesterday. This is a video of him doing what he does best, having fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORuFPk6sf78

 

[techs]

That's actually pretty awesome.

 

[clamum]

LOL. :awe:

Sorry to hear about your friend.

 

[Printer Bandit]

how much did that cost?

 

[MontyAC]

Very impressive firework.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Wow! Condolences for your friend...

 

[TheSiege]

750 bucks, all used up in under a minute

 

[pontifex]

One of my best friends and the single greatest person I have ever known passed away yesterday. This is a video of him doing what he does best, having fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORuFPk6sf78

based on this video, I'm curious if doing what he does best is what caused the passing away?

 

[lxskllr]

Nifty firecrackers

My condolences :'^(

 

[edro]

how much did that cost?

$750 in video description.

 

[TheSiege]

based on this video, I'm curious if doing what he does best is what caused the passing away?

No, a pedestrian walked out in front of him and he swerved to miss them and ended up crashing he was in a coma for about a week and finally pretty much hemorrhaged in his brain right on his spinal cord.

 

[MontyAC]

Here's a good one, 1 million firecrackers at once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOBiuXII4X0

 

[Ichinisan]

Probably a lot of them didn't even go off. I expect a lot of the oxygen would be used up and the fuses would be smothered when the smoke got too thick.

 

[WiseUp216]

Pretty awesome.

We used to empty all of our Black Cat's powder into plastic film canisters (remember those?). A full one would give a really nice boom.

 

[exdeath]

Probably a lot of them didn't even go off. I expect a lot of the oxygen would be used up and the fuses would be smothered when the smoke got too thick.

Most pyrotechnic mixtures, propellants, and explosives have oxidizer built into the compound.

Eg ammunition or firecrackers WILL function in space.

Eg most pistol cartridges are packed full of powder with no air/empty space and sealed by the bullet but function just fine in the absence of atmospheric oxygen.

 

[Greenman]

No, a pedestrian walked out in front of him and he swerved to miss them and ended up crashing he was in a coma for about a week and finally pretty much hemorrhaged in his brain right on his spinal cord.

So he was a good man to the very end, as well as being a good friend.

My condolences.

 

[Kaido]

Here's a good one, 1 million firecrackers at once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOBiuXII4X0

I see that and raise you 10 million fireworks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQOKvaYmPFQ

Also OP sorry to hear about your friend, good on him for not running over a pedestrian. RIP.

 

[Ichinisan]

Most pyrotechnic mixtures, propellants, and explosives have oxidizer built into the compound.

Eg ammunition or firecrackers WILL function in space.

Eg most pistol cartridges are packed full of powder with no air/empty space and sealed by the bullet but function just fine in the absence of atmospheric oxygen.

Cool.

 

[Broheim]

I'm sorry for your loss


I once did a similar thing as a kid, I had about 2k of what's called "heksehyl" (witchcries) in a cardboard box. they sqeal and fly around so they're pretty boring, but two thousand of them all at once got pretty interesting and loud. they're dirt cheap so the cost was only a few dollars. No video though, this was before camera phones, hell this was before kids had cellphones... I feel old now :|

 

[twinrider1]

Sounds like a good guy. May he rest in peace.

 

[BladeVenom]

The biggest one I've done was an 8,000 strip.

RIP

 

[TheSiege]

I just noticed this in the comments of the video "Uploaded on Jul 3, 2011
I uploaded this in July of 2011. My brothers and I were in Evanston, and my younger brother Brian dropped about 750 bucks to give us this show. Ever the go big or go home kid that he was, he loved to make an entrance. My brother Brian passed away at 32 years old yesterday from a motorcycle accident. Up until yesterday I had a total of 130 hits on this video and its way too much of a coincidence that it went viral the day that he passed. We always talked about throwing videos up on YouTube to try and fund our exploits and I am certain that he is telling me that everything is ok. As stupid as it may sound, you watching and sharing dumb little video has given me hope in one of the darkest times of my life. Thank you!"

When I posted it, it was only at 36k

 

[DrPizza]

I see that and raise you 10 million fireworks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQOKvaYmPFQ

Also OP sorry to hear about your friend, good on him for not running over a pedestrian. RIP.

OP, condolences on the loss of a friend.


Kaido, I see that and raise again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifm9BKf5ZbE

 

[LumbergTech]

NVM already posted

 

[Red Squirrel]

Fun stuff, sorry for your loss though.

That reminds me I need to inform myself if fireworks are legal here, I was thinking of buying some for Canada day, would be fun.