A quick follow-up to the story Chris broke earlier this week about the live artillery shell someone left at the transfer station (aka dump) down on 34th St. The Seattle Police Department web site has this beautiful photo of the offending piece of artillery for you to enjoy:
Lovely, ain’t it? It’s a 155 millimeter Howitzer artillery round which was manufactured in 1951. It was a “live ‘Smoke Projectile’ complete with a small bursting charge”, whatever that means.
Well, we guess it means you shouldn’t drop it off at the recycling station.
Geeze…The things people buy on ebay these days
It was a “live ‘Smoke Projectile’ complete with a small bursting charge”, whatever that means.
That means that while it would go ‘boom,’ it wouldn’t go as boomity-boom as, say, a high-explosive shell would. Ever see ‘Apocalypse Now’? The scene where the guy is dancing on the deck of the boat with the smoke grenades in his hands? This shell contained several bigger versions of those smoke grenades.
I still wouldn’t want to be around it when it went off, though.
Right! Always dispose of live shells at the Hazardous Waste Facility. 🙂
Where can I get one of those sweet asbestos signs?