Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XX

[Flynbyu]

thats crazy.  You would think they would still be putting some real effort into finding that thing.

You would think a 7,000 lb. bomb wouldn't be hard to find with today's technology.

~Brian

[BRAD]

I know.  Its not like its going to be invisible down there on the bottom of the ocean floor.   Hows work going this morning Brian?

[Flynbyu]

The bomb found its hidden resting place when the B-47 pilot, Air Force Col. Howard Richardson, dropped it into the water after an F-86 fighter jet accidentally collided with him during a training mission. The fighter jet's pilot, Lt. Clarence Stewart, didn't see Richardson's plane on his radar; Stewart descended directly onto Richardson's aircraft. The impact ripped the left wing off the F-86 and heavily damaged the fuel tanks of the B-47.

Richardson, carrying a two-man crew, was afraid the bomb would break loose from his damaged plane when he landed, so he ditched the bomb in the water before landing the plane at Hunter Air Force Base outside Savannah. Stewart ejected and eventually landed safely in a swamp.

The Navy searched for the bomb for more than two months, but never found it, and today recommends it should remain in its resting place. In a 2001 report on the search and recovery of the bomb, the Air Force said that if the bomb is still intact, the risk associated with the spread of heavy metals is low. If it's left undisturbed, the explosive in the bomb poses no hazard, the report said. It went on to say that an "intact explosive would pose a serious explosion hazard to personnel and the environment if disturbed by a recovery attempt."

While the government has officially stopped searching for the bomb, area residents — including retired Air Force pilot Derek Duke — haven't forgotten about the deadly weapon lying quietly off their coast. In 2004, Duke detected high radiation in shallow water off the coast of Savannah. Government officials investigated, but concluded that the radiation readings were normal for the naturally occurring minerals in the area.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

I know.  Its not like its going to be invisible down there on the bottom of the ocean floor.   Hows work going this morning Brian?

It's quiet here. Everyone is talking about going bowling last night. Are you working today?

~Brian

[BRAD]

I know.  Its not like its going to be invisible down there on the bottom of the ocean floor.   Hows work going this morning Brian?

It's quiet here. Everyone is talking about going bowling last night. Are you working today?

~Brian

Yeah as far as I know... I go in at 4 today and work till closing around 11 tonight.   But I'm out of class again today due to the snow we got Tuesday.

[socalrappy700]

Feeling any better Brian?

[Flynbyu]

Yes.

Thank you.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Feb 5 1861

The "Peep Show" machine patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati.

<flynbyu nods his head in approval>

Morning suckas!

[Flynbyu]

Samuel Goodale.

My hero.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Feb 5 1958

The US Air Force manages to lose an H-bomb somewhere off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. Way to go!


I've read about that. As well as the one in Greenland: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7720049.stm




This is interesting as well.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accidents#2000s

[Peelz]

Still no match for the hazardous materials in the bathtub of my trailer!

[BRAD]

Whats up gents

[Flynbyu]

Feb 5 1958

The US Air Force manages to lose an H-bomb somewhere off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. Way to go!


I've read about that. As well as the one in Greenland: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7720049.stm




This is interesting as well.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accidents#2000s

I posted some additional info a few posts above.

A few nuke accidents recently too!

~Brian

[Krandall]

Feb 5 1958

The US Air Force manages to lose an H-bomb somewhere off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. Way to go!


I've read about that. As well as the one in Greenland: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7720049.stm




This is interesting as well.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accidents#2000s

I posted some additional info a few posts above.

A few nuke accidents recently too!

~Brian

I missed that. Crazy stuff..

The nuke accidents, you'd think those would get some sort of national media.... noooo we don't care about that.. we care about some guy in texas who changed his name to get free cable.

[Flynbyu]

No doubt.

I'm sure there are more incidents, but the military covers them up.

~Brian