When will the WWII carnage end?

[calronmoonflower]

WW2 bomb blast kills digger driver in Germany

 

[sabrinathecat]

I cannot answer that as it delves into politics. We will live with the consequences of WWII for at least another century.

 

[bone_naga]

Considering we still dig up ordnance from the Civil War, this will be happening for quite a while. Fortunately, they don't usually end like this.

 

[Derren]

Finding WW2 ordnance is still a common occurrence in Germany and most of the time not even news worthy unless a bigger evacuation is required during defusing it or in the rare cases someone is killed by one.

 

[Starfox]

I believe Britain still has some munitions-loaded ships stranded on their coasts, which could potentially blow up in blasts in the kiloton range. Or have those been taken care of by now?

 

[nerfherder]

No, there is still definitely at least one in the Thames estuary that could potentially be devastating.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

This is the first time in a long time that I rememeber any of the old bombs going off and killing or hurting anyone. But usually they seem to be found and identified before anything severe happens with it, this one was apparantly enclosed in concrete. (Though that might be actually common, I don't know.)

 

[Jan van Leyden]

I know from my home town at least, that the local government poured over RAF aerial photos to identify areas were bombs detonated, reasoning that duds were mostly parts of a functional load. One actually knows when and were to look for duds.

The Euskirchen bomb seems to be a really special case.

 

[darrell_uk]

What I find most startling is the frequency of stories about people carrying unexploded ordinance into police stations.

 

[Jan van Leyden]

What I find most startling is the frequency of stories about people carrying unexploded ordinance into police stations.

Ummh, something like a "valuable service to the community"?