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WWII Bomb Explodes in Germany, 4m Deep Crater, 1.7 Righter Scale

posted by martyb on Friday June 28 2019, @02:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the Ka-Boom! dept.

c0lo writes:

https://www.dw.com/en/wwii-bomb-self-detonates-in-german-field-leaves-crater/a-49331435
Impressive picture too.

A loud explosion in a field startled residents in the town of Limburg in western Germany on Sunday. The blast occurred in the middle of the night and was large enough to register a minor tremor of 1.7 on the Richter scale, according to local media.

[...]Prior to the news release, residents were puzzled and confused by the crater, with some online speculating that it had been caused by a meteorite.

But Rüdiger Jehn, of the European Space Agency, told German newspaper Frankfurter Neue Presse that this was false. "A great deal of heat is released during an asteroid impact," the ESA expert said, adding that no evidence of heat or melting could be seen from the crater footage.

[...]The real culprit was an aerial bomb, which was buried at a depth of at least 4 meters, weighed 250 kilograms (550 pounds) and had a chemical detonator, investigators said. Authorities confirmed that the bomb had exploded by itself, without any external trigger.

[...]Two unexploded bombs were discovered on Monday in the central German town of Giessen, prompting the temporary evacuation of some 2,500 people. Earlier this month, an unexploded device was defused in a busy area of central Berlin.

[...]Between 1940 and 1945, some 2.7 million tons of bombs were dropped on Europe by US and British forces and half of them landed in Germany. Half of those that were dropped on Germany landed in North Rhine-Westphalia, the country's most populous state today.

Of the roughly quarter million bombs that did not explode, thousands are still hidden underground all over Germany.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 29 2019, @03:00AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 29 2019, @03:00AM (#861212)

    It's clearly to difficult to get right.

    It's clearly to too difficult to get [it] right.

    Which is why people should allow some latitude and be kinder. :)

    AC you replied to here. Yep. I misspelled 'too'. However, including the second pronoun ('it') is absolutely unnecessary, as the first one is what's being modified.

    As the immortal bard put it, "Brevity is the soul of wit."

    As to latitude and kindness, my post wasn't intended to knock, shame or humiliate anyone. There was (and still is) a typo in the title of the story. I merely pointed it out so it could be corrected. Nothing malicious or "gotcha" about it.

    In that vein, for the sake of kindness and giving folks some latitude, should we just ignore the software flaws in the Boeing 737Max? I mean, that's just really mean to the poor developers who are just trying to do their jobs.

    If something is worth doing, it's worth doing properly. And that's not a negative reflection on *anyone*. We all make mistakes, just as I did. Getting things right doesn't diminish anyone, it improves *all* of us.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 29 2019, @05:27PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 29 2019, @05:27PM (#861383)

    Getting things right doesn't diminish anyone, it improves *all* of us.
    true, but language is fictional not fundamental ... so who cares ^_^

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 30 2019, @01:16PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 30 2019, @01:16PM (#861601)

      language is functional

      There. FTFY.