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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

International Meanwhile in Germany

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 5:23 PM

This weekend, 45,000 people are being told to evacuate the town of Koblenz while German explosives experts defuse a bomb that's been sitting there since World War II. NPR reports that the bomb "emerged in the Rhine River because of low water levels."

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Christopher,
I read this piece this morning involving a similar situation:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/na…

Amazing secrets the drainage of water can reveal. In this case, the suicide victim. Wild.

Posted by lark on November 30, 2011 at 5:31 PM

45,000 ?! Total overkill! There's no reason to evacuate more than a few blocks in each direction.

Posted by K X One on November 30, 2011 at 8:25 PM

@2 Pieces of the casing can fly for a mile. Yeah, you might not be blown up, but a chunk of metal in the head at high speed is a bad day.

Posted by Brooklyn Reader on November 30, 2011 at 8:28 PM

no rhinemaidens, just a bomb. scheisse.

Posted by scary tyler moore

on November 30, 2011 at 8:53 PM

45,000 may be an unusually high numer of evacuees, but undetonated WWII bombs showing up is almost daily business in Germany....especially here in Berlin and the towns around.

Posted by Brunobär on December 1, 2011 at 2:02 AM

Unexploded ordnance even still shows up in French fields from WW1. The gift that just keeps on giving.

Posted by Westside forever on December 1, 2011 at 11:12 AM