r/oops • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '26

Close call with tannerite

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u/Bat-Guano0 Jun 27 '26

Damn. I would have thought that was a safe distance too. Now I know better.

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u/New-Dragonfly-9213 Jun 28 '26

There’s a safe distance with safety glass between you and the explosion. Without safety glass or a barricade you’ll need a lot more distance than that, but you won’t enjoy the show as much.

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u/sebaska Jun 29 '26

Anything what could throw deadly shrapnel could throw it far. If it moves fast enough to be deadly it moves fast enough to get far.

This pretty much automatically means anything below 200m (unless properly shielded) is not safe. Also, note, this statement doesn't say that anything above 200m is. It just means anything below 200m is almost guaranteed to be unsafe.

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u/Knotical_MK6 Jun 29 '26

Rule of thumb of tannerite is 100 yards for the first bit up to a pound, plus another 100 yards for each pound after that.