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Skybird · 09-03-17, 11:14 AM

Over 60 thousand have been moved out. Biggest evacuation in Germany since WWII.

Defusing is underway since several hours. Three igniters have been disarmed, but the remaining two showed to be more tricky than expected and cannot be removed. It seems they need to transport the bomb away with that stuff still attached. Its 18 pm local time right now, they say residents will not be able to return to their homes before midnight. If you sit on 1.8 tons of explosives, you want to be sure of what you are doing - it has become a very complicated task, they will need several more hours.

Some weeks ago, two bombs were disarmed 500m away from my home, but not so big ones. The place was a meadow now turning into a construciton site for building houses. Last year the brandnew from-scratch reconstruction of this city'S central station got delayed due to a suspected bomb (it was none this time). When we lived in Lübeck in the 70s, long time ago, in those five years we had two bomb defusing taling place there. That stuff hides under every bush and tree over here, one sometimes thinks.

And no, I have no dog digging holes and hiding my stuff in them.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,637 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Over 60 thousand have been moved out. Biggest evacuation in Germany since WWII. Defusing is underway since several hours. Three igniters have been disarmed, but the remaining two showed to be more tricky than expected and cannot be removed. It seems they need to transport the bomb away with that stuff still attached. Its 18 pm local time right now, they say residents will not be able to return to their homes before midnight. If you sit on 1.8 tons of explosives, you want to be sure of what you are doing - it has become a very complicated task, they will need several more hours. Some weeks ago, two bombs were disarmed 500m away from my home, but not so big ones. The place was a meadow now turning into a construciton site for building houses. Last year the brandnew from-scratch reconstruction of this city'S central station got delayed due to a suspected bomb (it was none this time). When we lived in Lübeck in the 70s, long time ago, in those five years we had two bomb defusing taling place there. That stuff hides under every bush and tree over here, one sometimes thinks. And no, I have no dog digging holes and hiding my stuff in them. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 09-03-17 at 11:25 AM.