Posted on 01/04/2010 10:25:11 AM PST by Stoat
after staff at the North Seattle Transfer Station found that someone had tried to dispose of explosives at the facility.
The call came in around 9:45 after an employee reported that they'd found a live 155mm roundlike those used in Howitzer cannonsin a recycling bin.
The bomb squad recovered the explosives and police reopened the streets around the facility shortly before 10 a.m.
And now I think we can all agree that recycling and terrorism are practically the same thing.
Seattle recycling fanaticism ping
Oh, no! Not the dreaded “howitzer cannon” again!
Has this been a recurring recycling issue?
Someone from Fort Lewis must have had their household goods inspected and got told it couldn’t be packed in the shipment.
Hey, at least they were thoughtful and didn’t just throw it in with the comingled trash. Could have ruined a heavy equipment operator’s whole day.
So much for rushing out to buy one.
Recycle it - IN IRAQ!
when i was a 107mm mortar platoon leader at grafenwoehr BRD in ‘76 i had a 108mm round that would not fit down the tube. tried to turn it into eod and they asked if it was defective. i said it wouldn’t fit in the tube. they replied yes but is it defective? they would not take. the ammo point would not take it so we sent with with a batch of ammo for another mortar platoon to use. it could still be getting passed around.
Yes, if your paper work is absolutly, positivly, 100% correct you can draw anything from the ASP. But don’t ever, ever try to turn in anything but spent brass.
When the Field Artillery deposites them, they are rarely recycled!
They should have donated it to MythBusters and see how they recycled it.
I maintain that a motar round that does not fit down the tube is defective. Case closed.
Before I posted this, I looked around for additional sources but couldn't find anything; probably because this event occurred just a few minutes ago. As time passes some of the local media 'may' pick up the story and add more detail.
I guess somebody couldn’t find a 155mm bullet-puller...?
I can't imagine why not....that sort of thing is a standard Home Depot stock item, isn't it?
"snicker"
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