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Well, you'll be glad to know that people like my dad (ATO/EOD) sorted quite a lot of it out back in the day. However, they could only demolish what they were p
by gerdesj 1y ago
Well, you'll be glad to know that people like my dad (ATO/EOD) sorted quite a lot of it out back in the day. However, they could only demolish what they were pointed at and as this article notes, there is more that keeps on turning up.
This is a bit of a worry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery
I suggest you don't buy property or go swimming nearby to that. I'm going to stick in Somerset.
- nwellinghoff 1y agoFascinating. Amazing they don’t just evacuate the town and detonate it. Seems like a matter of time before it goes.
- hyperman1 1y agoI forgot the details, but they did something like that just after one of the world wars in Antwerp. This was a time where anything was allowed to clean up and get the economy rebooted, to deblock a major port. They fired on a ship blocking the port until only iron dust was left. The resulting environmental damage was so bad, all involved decided to never do it again.