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70,000 to be evacuated over WWII bomb in Frankfurt
Yahoo! News ^
| August 30, 2017
| AFP
Posted on 08/30/2017 11:54:58 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: major-pelham
Stunned it still goes on.They find over 900 tons a year on average in World War One battlefields in France and Belgium mostly from French and Belgian farmers plowing the fields.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_harvest
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posted on
08/30/2017 3:01:26 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: BenLurkin
50,000 in Hanover last spring, and 45,000 in Koblenz (half the town) back in 2011, 20,000 in Cologne in 2015. The numbers aren’t that unusual, depending on the size of the bomb and the the density of the housing.
At least they aren’t as nasty as some of the World War I stuff in Belgium and northeast France.
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posted on
08/30/2017 3:15:46 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: mad_as_he$$; dfwgator
[Did they sling it under 100 Lancasters?]
Well, two sparrows.....
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posted on
08/30/2017 3:19:33 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ....)
To: -YYZ-
Found it on DVD recently, it’s amazing how well it’s held up over the years.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They had better watch it. Some Brits found what the ordnance guy said was an "experimental" German bomb. Prof. Quatermass said it was a Martian spaceship. Don't mess with it or catastrophe will follow. They didn't listen, and, he was right. :-)
5 Million Years to Earth (Trailer)
Full movie here
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posted on
08/30/2017 4:22:34 PM PDT
by
Oatka
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They featured a blockbuster in the "Canterville Ghost", 1944.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
... 1,400-tonne British bomb Is this a notation issue?
Does the author mean 1.400-tonne? (approx 3087 pounds).
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The operation on Sunday will allow for the safe defusal of the 1,400-tonne British bomb, which German media said was nicknamed "Wohnblockknacker" (blockbuster) during the war for its ability to wipe out whole streets or buildings.
If I ever open up a German bar or restaurant, I'll be sure to put the Wohnblockknacker on the menu.
Drink or sausage? I'm not sure yet.
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posted on
08/30/2017 5:29:46 PM PDT
by
x
To: PTBAA
Probably the euro use of comma for a decimal, so 1.4 metric tons.
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posted on
08/30/2017 6:11:07 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
To: x
I thought Netflix wiped out all the Blockbusters.
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08/30/2017 6:16:01 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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