"Anyone missing a 'Cookie'?" Topic
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| 74EFS Intel | 03 Dec 2011 6:02 p.m. PST |
link BERLIN (AP) -- Officials in Germany's western city of Koblenz say some 45,000 residents have to be evacuated as officials try to defuse a World War II era bomb discovered in the Rhine river. City officials said Saturday the massive British 1.8 ton bomb will be defused early Sunday, requiring all residents within a radius of about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the bomb site to leave their homes for the day. Officials say seven nursing homes, two hospitals and a prison are also being evacuated. Train and road traffic in the area, some 130 kilometers northwest of Frankfurt, will come to a halt. The British bomb was found last week alongside a 275 pound bomb dropped there by U.S. forces during WWII, after Rhine's water level fell due to lack of rain. |
| Mako11 | 03 Dec 2011 6:16 p.m. PST |
Well, given that it was dropped from altitude, on purpose, I doubt it is really "missing". However, I am surprised a bit that they found it. No doubt others probably were as well. I imagine many would be shocked by the amount of unexploded ordnance they are living on top of, or around, that they aren't even aware of, given traditional bomb and other explosives failure rates, and the millions of them used during the war. I hope the defusing process goes well. |
| 74EFS Intel | 03 Dec 2011 6:26 p.m. PST |
Giving 'creep back' and the problem H2S had with water, there are probably plenty more where that came from if they ever dredge the Rhine. |
| Grizzlymc | 04 Dec 2011 3:09 p.m. PST |
2 kilometres for a 4,000lb bomb! Seems a bit over the top. |
| Timbo W | 04 Dec 2011 5:07 p.m. PST |
Broken glass hazard I expect |
| Kaoschallenged | 04 Dec 2011 5:19 p.m. PST |
With the amount of bombs dropped by the Allies and the amount that keeps turning up I am no longer surprised really. Robert |
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