Well, it’s a boy.
We can pretty much be certain of that.
But unfortunately, a gender reveal celebration that took place in Arizona last spring accidentally
caused a 47 thousand acre wildfire, and I’m going to tell you everything you need to know,
right now on io.
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So, kids, gather round, mama potato is going to tell you a story.
Once upon a time, in Arizona, there was a gender reveal party.
For those that don’t know what a gender reveal party, its kind of like a baby shower,
where expecting parents invite guests to a soirre and the climax is the soirre is the
moment that everyone finds out what gender their baby will be, ususally in some sort
of creative way.
For example The inside of the cake will be blue or pink, or guests can crack open a gender
reveal piniata, or the parents will pop a gender reveal balloon.
Its usually a pretty fun experience for everyone involved, and you don’t usually have to
bring a present which is another plus.
But the gender reveal party I’m talking about today was no ordinary gender reveal
party.
Instead of a cake, There was a target with the words ‘boy’ and girl written on it
and The target was packed with a highly explosive substance called Tannerite . The target was
supposed to explode and the colour from the explosion would be representative of the gender
of the baby.
Blue for aboy, pink for a girl.
Problem is, the target, and the party, were placed in the middle of the dry desert, and
the surrounding vegetation was, how do I put this, flammable.
You can probably guess what happened next.
The father to be, dickie, shot at the target with a high powered rifle and boom.
He just gave birth to a devastating wildfire.
Like what ever happened to gender reveal cakes, or gender reveal balloons.
Why do you need an explosion to let everyone know that you’re having a boy.
I’ll tell you why, because MURRICA.
The subsequent fire ended up costing close to 8.2 million dollars in damage as it burned
through 47 thousand acres of land over the course of a week.
The 37 year old expectant father named dickie was the one that fired the shot, and he plead
guilty this past September to a misdemeaner violation of US Forest Service regulations.
He was sentenced to 5 years probation, and he has to pay 220 thousand dollars in restitutions
that will be paid out in monthly payments.
Which is like, damn these parents are going to be paying off the restitutions for the
next 25 years unless they are super rich.
Junior is gonna be going to college and dickie’s gonna be like, sorry son, we cant afford your
tuition because we’re still paying off the restitution from your gender reveal party.
All things considered, 220 thousand dollars is not that bad considering how much the wildfire
cost the Arizona government.
Its pretty much a slap on the wrist.
It could have been way worse for dickie.
So this incident actually happened in april of 2017, but The US Forest Service just released
footage of the exact moment that this gender reveal party went horribly wrong.
The footage was taken by a US border patrol agent.
Alright, enough with the jokes.
Charlotte is gonna get serious on you for just a second.
You do not want to do anything that could cause a fire anywhere around dry vegetation,
especially now.
No flicking of lit cigarettes, no fireworks, nada.
Accoridng to a new National climate assessment, climate change is fueling wildfire’s nation
wide, no matter who tells you otherwise.
This report warns theres an increased potential for fire in the southeast of the united states.
Human caused warming climate has increased the area burned by wildfire in the western
united states.
Warmer climate means drier forests, which means forests are more susceptible to burning.
The report was released by the trump administration, and even though us president donald trump
says he doesn’t believe it, you have to take care.
Alright that’s enough seriousness for one day, I’m going to respond to some comments
from our video, the disturbing world of chinese live streamers.
Franco Torres – I haven’t lost my virginity because I never lose.
There ya go, that’s the spirit.
Jonathan Bonilla – its my birthday can I be in the video.
Is it really your birthday?
I wanna see some ID.
Just kidding happy birthday.
Phillip Marlow – your dressed really nice today.
Like you have a hot date.
You think this is for a man?
HAH.
I have a hot date with myself.
Unicorn Dragon – pls do a livestream.
We will have to think about it.
I really wanna include Hayley but shes needed on set.
Nosidam Elocin – can someone explain why charlotte keeps getting prettier than me?
Umm I mean I cant see you but I am assuming you are very pretty.
Also we just upgraded our set so the lighting is on point.
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