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World War II bomb explodes in England in ‘unplanned’ detonation
NY Post ^
| February 11, 2023
| Landon Mion
Posted on 02/11/2023 7:28:05 AM PST by BenLurkin
A World War II bomb exploded in the English town of Great Yarmouth on Friday as workers attempted to diffuse it, according to police.
The device was discovered Tuesday in a river crossing in Great Yarmouth. It was located by a contractor working on the third crossing over the River Yare.
And on Friday, Norfolk Police revealed there had been an “unplanned” detonation.
No injuries were reported and police said all army and emergency service personnel were accounted for.
Army specialists had been cutting the bomb using a technique that creates a slow burn of the explosives, police said. Workers began attempting to cut into the bomb on Thursday.
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KEYWORDS: bomb; england; worldwarii
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:28:05 AM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
No injuries? That explosion looks significant.
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:29:44 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: Squantos
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:29:58 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: BenLurkin
By “accounted for”, is it meant they were found in the countryside?
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:30:10 AM PST
by
Does so
(What distinguishes today's Russian aggression from that of the USSR?)
To: BenLurkin
Cut the bluish-green wire.
But whatever you do, don’t cut the greenish-blue wire.
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:30:50 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(“You want it one way, but it’s the other way”)
To: BenLurkin
“A World War II bomb exploded in the English town of Great Yarmouth on Friday as workers attempted to
diffuse it, according to police.”
Sounds like the exercise was successful.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:31:18 AM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: BenLurkin
“…workers attempted to diffuse it”That’s why it blew! They send in the Brownian Motion Physicists. If only they had sent in the Unexploded Ordnance Specialists, this wouldn’t have happened.
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:38:07 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
To: logi_cal869
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:38:59 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:39:25 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:41:03 AM PST
by
bwest
To: BenLurkin
“Army specialists had been cutting the bomb using a technique that creates a slow burn of the explosives”
Back to the drawing board.
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:44:35 AM PST
by
dljordan
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:49:50 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Exactly. They diffused it all over the place. They just didn’t defuse it.
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:51:18 AM PST
by
freefdny
To: BenLurkin
Diffuse? Maybe that was their problem.
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:52:18 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: BenLurkin
Great Yarmouth is now Little Yarmouth.
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:53:45 AM PST
by
spokeshave
(Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:54:16 AM PST
by
Doctor DNA
(Fine words butter no parsnips, and where's my Martian passport?)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:56:14 AM PST
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: BenLurkin
Diffuse. Hahaha. Supposed to be defuse. Idiot.
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posted on
02/11/2023 7:57:21 AM PST
by
webheart
To: webheart
Damn I was late on that one.
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02/11/2023 7:58:58 AM PST
by
webheart
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