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sarge43

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3. UXBs (unexploded bombs) can stay lethal for decades, even centuries.

Reply to marym625 (Reply #1)

Fri May 22, 2015, 07:51 AM

May 2015

Last edited Fri May 22, 2015, 09:50 AM - Edit history (1)

They're still turning up in German cities. The gift that keeps on giving.

Particularly dangerous are the buried pockets of mustard gas left over from WWI. The gas would settled in craters and an explosion would cause dirt to cover it. When they're uncovered and occasionally they still are, the gas can still do its thing.

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London homes near Wembley evacuated after WWII bomb is found (link fixed) [View all] Omaha Steve May 2015 OP

Wow! marym625 May 2015 #1

UXBs (unexploded bombs) can stay lethal for decades, even centuries. sarge43 May 2015 #3

damn! marym625 May 2015 #5

here is a story about on going efforts melm00se May 2015 #10

Thanks for posting this. n/t sarge43 May 2015 #11

Thanks for the info marym625 May 2015 #17

When I was living in Japan, they found one about a hundred yards from my place! MADem May 2015 #13

Any area that was bombed or shelled will have duds lurking around sarge43 May 2015 #15

During the Blitz, so many bombs fell that they lost track of them Warpy May 2015 #27

According to Wiki, UXOs date back to the American Civil War. Eleanors38 May 2015 #12

wow marym625 May 2015 #18

Old black powder was used then; went the way of the Do-Do by the 1890s in favor Eleanors38 May 2015 #21

and frightening marym625 May 2015 #22

During the early months of the London Blitz melm00se May 2015 #2

I've heard about them PatSeg May 2015 #8

and I was worried about my car's airbags... dembotoz May 2015 #4

Link doesn't match the story. nt Javaman May 2015 #6

Thanks Omaha Steve May 2015 #7

Are they absolutely SURE it's a World War II bomb? csziggy May 2015 #9

DANGER UXB!!!!!!! MADem May 2015 #14

i loved that show dembotoz May 2015 #16

It's interesting how much stuff is going up on YT. Good old stuff, too! nt MADem May 2015 #23

now 2 episodes in. lovely way to spend men day weekend dembotoz May 2015 #24

Happy to have helped you out! nt MADem May 2015 #25

When i lived in German (early 80s) there was an EOD unit Telcontar May 2015 #19

Yup sarge43 May 2015 #20

"second half of the Great European Civil War" GliderGuider May 2015 #28

Thanks Telcontar May 2015 #29

!!!!! hope the bomb squad does good work allan01 May 2015 #26