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Explosive Cda Couple

Posted by Cindy

Dec. 29, 2009 noon • 4 comments

The Press reports on a local couple whose business is booming:

COEUR d’ALENE — Eric and Lisa Kelly love to blow things up, and their passion has landed them a spot on national television.

The owners of Advanced Explosions Demolition, based in Coeur d’Alene, will be featured in a six-part series, “The Imploders,” that premiers at 10 p.m. Wednesday on The Learning Channel.

“It follows the life of blasters,” Lisa said. “They follow us from job to job, country to country. Each episode ends with some kind of demolition.” Read More.

Is is just me or does this sound like a really fun job? Have you ever blown anything up accidentally or intentionally?

Four comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Bent on December 29 at 12:16 p.m.
I am a MSHA certified blaster… I’ve blown up my share of rock underground and above ground…
otisgexperience on December 29 at 12:57 p.m.
When I was a combat engineer in the Marines, we went to the armory and they gave us a couple satchels of C4. “Don’t bring any back”, I remember them saying. We took a Hummer up into the woods somewhere, and spent the rest of the day crafting various charges and finding things to blow up - including an old refrigerator that someone had dumped.

One of those days you never forget.
Don_Sausser on December 29 at 3:36 p.m.
Yes, I was a newbie with dynamite when building a new road to our residence in Mica Flats. At that time one could go to the dynamite store and buy a case and 1/2 with few questions asked.

My being inexperienced, a professional could have dislodged the rock with 1/10th the powder I used. But the remaining sticks made some fantastic firecrackers on the 4th!
spokelooneh on December 29 at 11:44 p.m.
I went to college with a bunch of engineers, they loved blowing things up. A few pipe bombs, oxy-acetylene fueled bombs, other stuff the chemical engineers came up with.

No one ever got hurt, the guys were pretty thorough and careful in their designs and implementation. Although, come to think of it, I had ringing in my ears and loss of hearing after a couple of the really loud blasts that also featured noticeable shock waves.

Eh?

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