AfterDark
Contributor
I used to hit camping propane cylinders with a .243 at 200 yards, now that is an explosion.
When I was in high school, someone knocked over an oxygen bottle, and it went threw several brick walls, and could have killed someone in the principal office if she was at her desk.
Do a search on YouTube for oxy-actylene explosions, not pretty.
When I load my cylinders in my truck, I always put the valve facing the cab because if someone rear-ends me, they will get a little surprise.
That was how I was taught to load my tanks also for the same reasons. I keep telling people those old cert classes covered about everything.
We seldom consider that we carry a bomb on our back. I'm very careful about entering and exiting the water around big rocks. Fall just right and off you go.........