OT: Fire is coming. What do you grab?

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by raulus

Hopefully that means the fire didn’t blaze through your neighborhood.



Curious about the guns and ammo. Did you bring those for protection, or to avoid the fire setting them off and potentially striking first responders nearby?

Unless the ammo is loaded into the gun, it is relatively harmless if it is set off by heat. The projectile needs the chamber and barrel to direct the explosive gases. Otherwise, with nothing to contain the blast, the small amount of gun powder in ammunition simply dissipates nearly harmlessly.

I guess if you have a huge arsenal that goes off at once, it could be a nice explosion. But most of the time, it's not a major concern.