British Town Worried About WWII Ammo Ship Wreck

Radical Rad writes "For 60 years, 1.4 kilotons of unstable world war II bombs have lain in the rusting wreck of a US cargo ship half-submerged on a sandbank in the river Thames. If it explodes it will be one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever with predictions of a 3 kilometre high wall of mud, water, and metal fragments causing devastation to the nearby town of Sheerness in Kent." The BBC has more.

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Slashdot Rule #67

[DeekGeek]

All topics eventually degenerate into anti-Bush commentary.

Re:What are the odds?

[Stephen H-B]

he said NOT unlikely, a confusing double negative but still consistent

An even bigger time bomb

[no_choice]

That's not a time bomb.

This is a time bomb!!!

Montgomery:
The explosion would also generate a 16ft high wave that could sink a small craft.

La Palma:
Scientists predict that it will generate a wave that will be almost inconceivably destructive, far bigger than anything ever witnessed in modern times. It will surge across the entire Atlantic in a matter of hours, engulfing the whole US east coast, sweeping away everything in its path up to 20km inland. Boston would be hit first, followed by New York, then all the way down the coast to Miami and the Caribbean.

Re:An even bigger time bomb

[mabu]

I think this is the bomb we need to be worrying about.

Explosion in my pants

[CmdrGravy]

All this talk of what was the world biggest explosion, I can tell you for truth that the worlds biggest explosion is the explosions in my pants, baby.