On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:16:56 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Yes, that tank and water explosion was a sight
to behold. IIRC they removed the TP valve, and
deliberately blew it up. Took much longer than
they expected.

Christopher A. Young
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"Dennis" wrote in message
.au...

Check out the Mythbusters video on what a HWS
explosion can do - quite impressive & destructive
even if it is enhanced by the Jamie's.

A friend's boyhood home had a water heater explosion early one Sunday
morning. It lifted all the floor boards from the joists, most of the
joists from the foundation, and the floorboards from the upstairs
floor as well as blowing out all the windows and lifting the roof.
Apparently it took several weeks to get the old farm-house livable
after. Neighbours a few farms away felt the shock as well as hearing
the boom.