PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
Have a happy and safe holiday!
From one of my websites, comes this news story {emphasis on the Whistling Pete}:
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Seattle, WA
For the third year in a row, portable toliet bowls exploded in Myrtle Edwards Park this 4th of July. The popped potties were likely victims of illegal fireworks such as M1500's, M1000's, and possibly, Whistling Petes crimped with hose clamps - this frequently causes the normally innocuous, whistling firework to explode with much force. Damage to the portable cans is expected to be severe - more than just a urinator blown off a wall or a door with a hole blasted in it. City workers probably won't know the true extent of things until daylight.
The booming biffies could be heard by city residents 20 blocks or more away.
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And another incident, same website but different Independence Day:
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Seattle WA.
Again this year, a number of Sani-Kans were damaged or destroyed by fireworks over the Fourth Of July holiday weekend. There is no word of any arrests, but the kinds of fireworks used included large bottle rockets, seal bombs, large Roman candles, and M-1000's.
One toliet was apparently damaged when several Whistling Petes, a type of relatively safe firework designed primarly for noise; were crimped with hose clamps (which causes them to forcefully explode) and then taped to the urinator and to the top & front of the toliet's waste tank.
Other Sani-Kans simply had doors, sinks & urinators blown off and were easily repairable.
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