Nuke lost in the Savannah River
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From: Whitehorse, Yukon
Nuke lost in the Savannah River
http://www.af.mil/news/Jul2001/n20010711_0944.shtml
Ok, so it's not a working nuke, but still!
Ok, so it's not a working nuke, but still!
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1958! 1958!
It's been there since 1958. Before most of the people on this board were born. (Not me of course, I remember stone tablets.) The 400 lbs. of conventional explosives will be deteriorated to nothing by this time with just a little bit of leakage. I was more amazed with the fact that damage to the Florida Aquifer could occur. Any salvage operation could cause seawater to seep into the Aquifer and damage drinking water over a several state area.
Interesting.
It's been there since 1958. Before most of the people on this board were born. (Not me of course, I remember stone tablets.) The 400 lbs. of conventional explosives will be deteriorated to nothing by this time with just a little bit of leakage. I was more amazed with the fact that damage to the Florida Aquifer could occur. Any salvage operation could cause seawater to seep into the Aquifer and damage drinking water over a several state area.
Interesting.
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Well, first and foremost... the Florida aquifer isn't dynamic enough such that something of that size could contaminate the entire blessed thing. Let's face it, Florida basically floats (not in a literal sense). There is water EVERYWHERE under the surface (groundwater) (hence the tremendous amount of swamp, marsh, karst terrain land).
No need to freak out.... yet.
RP
No need to freak out.... yet.
RP
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Jeez, what a bunch of nervious nellies. 
There is a large block marked on nautical carts off the coast of Ft.Lauderdale where we dumped a couple thousand tons of ordinance on purpose. Every couple of years something washes up on the beach and makes the evening news.
The moral of the story is: There may be some shells on the beach you don't want to hold up to your ear.
There is a large block marked on nautical carts off the coast of Ft.Lauderdale where we dumped a couple thousand tons of ordinance on purpose. Every couple of years something washes up on the beach and makes the evening news.
The moral of the story is: There may be some shells on the beach you don't want to hold up to your ear.
