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It ain't over until it's over
Topic Started: Sep 2 2017, 09:28 AM (108 Views)
Copper
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-frankfurt-evacuation/frankfurt-starts-evacuation-before-attempt-to-defuse-wwii-bomb-idUKKCN1BD0HZ?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=59aac8a304d3010bc4092041&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

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Frankfurt starts evacuation before attempt to defuse WWII bomb

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Frankfurt emergency service staff started to evacuate patients from two hospitals in Germany’s financial capital on Saturday ahead of the planned defusing of a massive World War Two bomb.

Some 60,000 people have to leave their homes early on Sunday in Germany’s biggest evacuation since the war while officials disarm the 1.4 tonne British bomb.

It was discovered on a building site in Frankfurt’s leafy Westend, where many wealthy bankers live.

More than 100 hospital patients, including premature infants and those in intensive care, were evacuated on Saturday, Frankfurt city councillor Markus Frank told Reuters television.

More than 2,000 tonnes of live bombs and munitions are found each year in Germany, even under buildings. In July, a kindergarten was evacuated after teachers discovered an unexploded World War Two bomb on a shelf among some toys.

Frankfurt fire and police chiefs said they would use force and incarceration if necessary to clear the area of residents, warning that an uncontrolled explosion of the bomb would be big enough to flatten a city block.

The HC 4000 bomb is assumed to have been dropped by Britain’s Royal Air Force during the 1939-45 war.

The country was pummelled by 1.5 million tonnes of bombs from British and American warplanes that killed 600,000 people. German officials estimate 15 percent of the bombs failed to explode, some burrowing six metres (yards) deep.

Three police explosives experts in Goettingen were killed in 2010 while preparing to defuse a 1,000 lb (450 kg) bomb.

The compulsory evacuation radius of 1.5 km (roughly a mile) around the bomb includes police headquarters, two hospitals, transport systems and Germany’s central bank storing $70 billion (54.05 billion pounds) in gold reserves.

Frankfurt’s residents have to clear the area by 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) on Sunday and police will ring every doorbell and use helicopters with heat-sensing cameras to make sure nobody is left behind before they start diffusing the bomb.

Roads and transport systems, including the parts of the underground, will be closed during the work and for at least two hours after the bomb is defused, to allow patients to be transported back to hospitals.

Air traffic from Frankfurt airport could also be affected if there is an easterly wind on Sunday. Also, small private planes, helicopters and drones will be banned from the evacuation zone.

Frankfurters can spend the day at shelters set up at the trade fair and the Jahrhunderthalle convention centre. Most museums are offering residents free entry on Sunday, and a few of them will open their doors earlier in the morning than usual.
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Catseye3
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Wow, what a story. :blink:
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Catseye3
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H/T JG

http://www.dw.com/en/frankfurt-evacuates-thousands-to-defuse-world-war-ii-bomb/a-40343581

Experts have defused a World War Two bomb in Frankfurt after the largest evacuation in Germany since 1945. More than 60,000 people had to leave their homes as the device was made safe.
Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands.
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Glad it was successful.
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Catseye3
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Picture it. A bomb defuser expert and his wife are having breakfast.

Mrs. BD: "What are your plans for today, dear?"

BD: "Gonna cut the red wire on a big-ass bomb."

Mrs. BD: "Oh no."

BD: "I hope."

Mrs. BD: "How big?"

BD: "One and a half tons."

Mrs. BD: !!!!

BD: "Yup, lotta pucker."

Mrs. BD: !!!!

BD: "If I'm not home for supper you're free to remarry. Ha-ha!"
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George K
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If you go to Webster's and look up asshole, you'll find this picture:

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Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

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George K
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Catseye3
Sep 4 2017, 07:02 AM
BD: "Gonna cut the red wire on a big-ass bomb."
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A guide to GKSR: Click

"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
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Jolly
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True story...My wife's uncle bleeds Marine Corps blue. Retired now, but so enjoyed his tour in Vietnam, he volunteered and went back for a second tour... Didn't have a desk job, either. Took care of unexploded ordnance and booby traps. Two tours, nary a scratch.

Didn't get out of the service without a scratch, though. Was doing a demonstration for a bunch of recruits in San Diego and used a bad fuse on a breaching charge. Blew him, a door and frame, along with a few other materials over a slit trench full of awed recruits. Said he knew how Superman felt as he flew through the air looking at the upturned faces below.

Spent two weeks in the base hospital while the docs kept pulling splinters and small pieces of hardware out of his legs and butt.

We still pick at him about that...
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jon-nyc
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There are stories like this all the time.
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