A half-mile safety perimeter was set up to keep tourists out, including the historic Cape Hatteras Light Station grounds and surrounding beach, the National Park Service said.
During World War II, military training exercises took place in the waters off the Outer Banks.
Looks like a benign old log laying there.
EOD Detachment Norfolk from Naval Station Norfolk successfully detonated the buried unexploded ordnance shortly after 12:30 p.m. today. The three-person explosive ordnance disposal team reported that there was a dull thud and sand tossed into the air approximately 60 feet. They used a combination of explosives including C-4.
The anti-climactic crater.
Sand is weird. Depending on fineness of grain and how wet it is, it can absorb a surprisingly large amount of energy without doing much.
ReplyDeleteLava rock is even worse.
Delete40# shape charge only gets you a 5" divot.
And all I ever find is sea shells!
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