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.