Open Source Mechanic blog

During the 1991 Persian gulf war, a laser guided bomb was dropped into a building air duct.  Why isn’t it possible to drop a few hundred gallons of boric acid water into an open pool whose roof is already gone?  (the borax could be in an aerodynamic shell) If the water cannon doesn’t work, could [...]

First, the bad news you know I’m watching NHK where I just learned that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s #3 storage pool contained MOX (plutonium mix) fuel and that its floor may have cracked from the earthquake or explosion.  Snow is now falling on northern Japan, 28,000 people have evacuated, over 8000 people are in [...]