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Military Ordnance In Gulf of Mexico Poses Threat To Shipping
PRNewswire-USNewswire ^
| Sep. 28, 2012
| Texas A&M University
Posted on 10/08/2012 9:33:10 PM PDT by ExxonPatrolUs
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To: ExxonPatrolUs
...suddenly, after fifty years...
To: Born to Conserve
Yep. And the EPA steps in for the good of humanity! Paging Mizzzzzz Lizzzzzzzza Jackzzzzzzzon!!
To: ExxonPatrolUs
Most of this stuff comes in iron or steel casings which is subject to rust and eventual disintegration. I would imagine the fuses would have been removed from most of it but maybe not.
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posted on
10/08/2012 9:43:10 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: ExxonPatrolUs
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posted on
10/08/2012 9:47:55 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,)
To: ExxonPatrolUs
Bryant explains. "My first thought when I saw the news reports of the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf two years ago were, 'Oh my gosh, I wonder if some of the bombs down there are to blame.'" No jerk, it was BP breaking every standard operational procedure in the books and the OBummer administration watch dog agency letting them get away with it by way of exemptions.
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posted on
10/08/2012 9:49:36 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: Born to Conserve
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posted on
10/08/2012 9:52:24 PM PDT
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: ExxonPatrolUs
Millions of pounds of bombs.I call bullshite right there.We dropped the majority on our enemies not in the ocean.Somebody is trolling for dollars,our dollars.
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posted on
10/08/2012 9:53:36 PM PDT
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HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: ExxonPatrolUs
After all this time, suddenly it’s important! Millions if not billions must. E spent on studies and investigations at once!
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posted on
10/08/2012 10:28:28 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Occupy your Brain!)
To: HANG THE EXPENSE
Millions of pounds of bombs.I call bullshite right there. Here's a 500 lb. bomb
2000 of these is one million lbs. If one bomb is 5X2X2 ft3, then 2000 in a single layer would take up an area of 200X100 ft2 - less than a football field.
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posted on
10/08/2012 10:29:11 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: ExxonPatrolUs
I wonder if BamBam is worried that Iran has mined the Gulf and they’re just planting the cover story about old unexploded bombs. (Tinfoil hat firmly in place!)
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posted on
10/08/2012 11:01:47 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(2012 will be the last constitutional US presidential election.)
To: Veggie Todd
This is the sudden urgency for a 50 year problem that will make someone with the “right connections” wealthy from taxpayer money.
This is ridiculous and it is NOT a problem.
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posted on
10/08/2012 11:24:00 PM PDT
by
volunbeer
(We must embrace austerity or austerity will embrace us)
To: ExxonPatrolUs
What of bunch of f*ckwits (as the Aussies would say).
As anybody who has sailed, or motored about the ocean, knows, saltwater is an incredibly corrosive environment. I would doubt that little, if any, of the millions of pounds of ordinance could actually detonate after fifty years.
These clowns should be embarrassed.
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posted on
10/08/2012 11:25:51 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
(Breathe deep the gathering gloom.)
To: x1stcav
The best gauge of the risks would be where such devices are concentrated, such as sunken naval vessels in Truk Lagoon.
While dangerous, they aren’t the threat to all humanity as the article claims.
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posted on
10/08/2012 11:32:36 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Bombs are never transported any distance to speak of with the fuses in them, as far as I know at least since before WW II. Most bombs are fused and armed just before being loaded on an aircraft and not a moment sooner.
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posted on
10/08/2012 11:38:56 PM PDT
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Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Born to Conserve
...suddenly, after fifty years... Many "explosives disposal areas" are marked on ADIZ charts from 50 years ago.
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posted on
10/09/2012 1:45:16 AM PDT
by
Does so
(....... Justice Scalia just turned 78 .........==8-O ............Dims don't think ... they PLOT!)
To: Squantos
old bombs underwater EOD ping
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posted on
10/09/2012 4:52:17 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
To: volunbeer
The Sacramento Bee, say no more. From the belly of the beast.
To: ExxonPatrolUs
Notice that the SacBee article originated as a press release. Is someone trying to stir up a grant or two via alarmism?
My only concern is to what extent a pile of 500 pound bombs will gradually be spread around by strong storms. Mustard gas is a whole issue itself, but IIRC it is denser than water so when its canister degrades and starts to leak, the gas will be in the form of pool of liquid on the bottom. However, should a net come in contact with it, it might be contaminated and harm those who subsequently handle it.
Maybe someone with sufficient NBC expertise can comment on this threat.
To: dr_lew
Look at the size of the guys foot.The bomb is longer than three feet.Do you know what we did with left over bombs after ww2? We sold them for scrap to the germans and then bought them back during the vietnam war.We dont waste bombs to the degree stated in the article.Got any pictures of the debris field on the bottom of the gulf?
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posted on
10/09/2012 5:29:45 AM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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