For those of you who didn't hear - On March 10, there was an explosion on the 6th floor of Choppin Hall (I work on the 4th, for reference). One of my friends, Rider, was at the center of it and hospitalized. We just received an email with the full story of what happened, so that speculation would stop. I'm going to copy-paste the whole email here. I'm also leaving this entry public so that I can show people who aren't necessarily on my LJ friendlist. ♥
( Long, a little bit of chem-speak, and probably some imagery that's bordering on not cool )So long story short, gas mixture. And the end result? Black soot made his arm look worse than it really was. He's lucky. 2nd degree burns and a few weeks until full recovery is pretty damn good for being at the center of a hydrogen gas explosion...