exploding pyrex

So last night, Alex and I broiled a London broil steak in my oven. I put it in my Pyrex pie pan since it was the perfect size for the meat. I stuck it in the oven and let it cook on one side. When I took it out of the oven to flip the meat, the Pyrex pan just sort of exploded as I held it over the stovetop. Glass shattered all over the kitchen. Alex was standing right behind me when it happened and just sort of stood there with his mouth open, completely in shock. I think I took having something glass shattering while I held it with a potholder in my hand pretty well. Cleaning the glass up was difficult. I'm going to wear flip flops in there for the next couple days or so.

Anyway, after the explosion, I did some research and discovered that it's common knowledge that you're not supposed to put Pyrex in the broiler because it doesn't deliver equal temperature throughout and it just gets too hot in some places and not as hot in others. Anyway, if I hadn't taken it out of the oven at that point, it would have shattered INSIDE the oven...and that wouldn't have been fun.