Quote Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk View Post
I feel the need to repeat that the tumblr account that wrote up the "exploding pool" thing was named facts-i-just-made-up. if you read the whole thing, it goes on to talk about how the vaporizing chlorine in the pool water would create an airborne zombie gas. The whole thing was a joke.
I'm not sure if this is directed at me, but I'm well aware of the nature of that tumblr post. I just took the joke and applied copious amounts of science to it. I've tried to remain true to scientific facts, though the temperature stuff is based on some gross simplifications due to the number of variables involved. And the 500 °C value I pulled out of my hat just to demonstrate that the power input from the sun is simply not sufficient to keep the water in a pool boiling indefinitely.