Bomb squad and old ammo in San Antonio?

[Rolling Stone]

 

Capt. Troy Balcar of the San Antonio Fire Department said a family member found a sealed box with about 75 rounds of decades-old ammunition underneath the house. He said the rounds were about 40 years old, based on a date written on the box. Half a dozen nearby homes were evacuated for about three hours.

 

"This is definitely a big danger, because they've been under there so long," Balcar said. "They've rusted, they've been exposed to the weather, elements outside so we definitely want to get them disposed of as quickly as possible."

Family members said a veteran who served for more than 30 years lived at the house until he passed away recently.

This is the second time old ammunition has been found at the home. Just last week, the bomb squad spent about half an hour disposing of shotgun shells found there.

http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/75-rounds-of-ammunition-found-underneath-house-nearby-homes-evacuated

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

Idiots

[Seldom Seen #16162]

My first thought also.

 

Then again some powerful explosive devices as hand grenades have been found stored by deceased vets. They may of had no way of knowing what else was stored it the box.

 

Definitely need to do a careful search of the property with metal detectors.

[Yellowhouse Sam # 25171]

And what better way to demonstrate your worth to the SA administration.

[Cat Brules]

Lots of free publicity for a left wing pc fire official who should be replaced. "Yes, we know it's dangerous work, but we put our lives on the line, even in these tight budgetary times, blah, blah, blah, blah."

[Henry T Harrison]

Someone needs some serious training

[Dusty Morningwood]

Seldom Seen makes a good point, though. When I was a kid we played with some stuff that a friend's dad had brought back from the pacific. The dad was a drunk and didn't seem to notice or care. But one of the things we were playing with was a LIVE Japanese mortar round that had not been activated, or maybe had the fuse out. But it was still a live round. Vets bring back weird stuff.

[Utah Bob #35998]

OMG! SHOTGUN SHELLS TOO??

 

THE HORROR.

THE HORROR!

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

Wonder what this guy would do if he came across an old stash of Greenie Stickum caps.

[Johnny Loco]

The key word here fellas is "veteran". There exist a new campaign to make vets look like an unstable threat. Hollywood has taken up the cause even in recent westerns.

[Texas Lizard]

Wonder what this guy would do if he came across an old stash of Greenie Stickum caps.

Clear a 2 mile radius and call in the EPA....

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

The key word here fellas is "veteran". There exist a new campaign to make vets look like an unstable threat.

Nothing new there. That's been going on for decades.

[Utah Bob #35998]

Nothing new there. That's been going on for decades.

That's for sure.Dope smokin, psycho, trained baby killers. Every cop show in the 70s.

[Nasty Newt # 7365]

Lots of free publicity for a left wing pc fire official who should be replaced. "Yes, we know it's dangerous work, but we put our lives on the line, even in these tight budgetary times, blah, blah, blah, blah."

Yep.

[Johnny Loco]

Ok, re-newed

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

You can't educate the pubic against their will. You can teach them to panic but you can't teach them to think.

[Chili Ron]

Howdy,

Pat Sejack crazy unstable Vietnam vet for sure.

Best

CR