From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!sjb Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: "Re: Cosmos A-Bomb" Article-I.D.: alice.1415 Posted: Sun Jan 23 14:28:16 1983 Received: Mon Jan 24 07:17:04 1983 References: mitccc.268 Dropping alkali metals into water should not be taken so lightly. A couple years ago around here, a couple kids stole 1 or 2 pounds of potassium from the chemistry lab in school and threw it into a local creek while still in the jar (with lid open though) -- the resultant explosion killed both of them.