To: The_Media_never_lie
I worked around the San Diego tuna seiner fleet from 1977 to 1980. The seiners employed "seal bombs" that were essentially an M80 with waterproofing to scare seals away from the nets. Invariably, there were accidents that damaged hands of the boat crews. My co-worker was working a boat at the 10th Ave pier when the Nuttall-Styris rep called the crew out to the deck to demonstrate a new seal bomb that launches from a flare pistol. The rep fired the bomb out over the water. Just as the bomb hit the surface, a brown pelican scooped it up. Bang! A flash of feathers. Oops.
42 posted on
11/23/2015 8:01:42 PM PST by
Myrddin
To: Myrddin
I worked around the San Diego tuna seiner fleet from 1977 to 1980. The seiners employed "seal bombs" that were essentially an M80 with waterproofing to scare seals away from the nets. Invariably, there were accidents that damaged hands of the boat crews. My co-worker was working a boat at the 10th Ave pier when the Nuttall-Styris rep called the crew out to the deck to demonstrate a new seal bomb that launches from a flare pistol. The rep fired the bomb out over the water. Just as the bomb hit the surface, a brown pelican scooped it up. Bang! A flash of feathers. Oops.What unfortunate timing!
43 posted on
11/23/2015 8:25:01 PM PST by
The_Media_never_lie
(The Bush family needs to just go away. The Clinton family needs just to go to prison.)
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