well, if they found it, that's good. They probably did need to leave it alone because, after this many years, it's probably unstable...but at least somebody can keep a watch and make sure it isn't moved by anybody who doesn't need to get their hands on plutonium! On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Bonnie Moore <[email protected] > wrote: > > Miss Kat, my daughter lives on Wilmington Island which is close to Tybee > and not to long ago if I remember right they found that bomb but chose to > leave it where it is. > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:18:59 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--Science Channel program > > > > Mizz Kat: > > > > Radford had two military targets - the Radford Arsenal and Clator Dam. It > > still makes me nervous that I lived there during World War II. > Fortunately, > > we were above the high water mark if they had blown the dam. > > > > John in Ohio > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kat Fulcher" <[email protected]> > > To: "vafloyd" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 2:11 PM > > Subject: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--Science Channel program > > > > > > >I watched a fascinating program on the Science Channel about an incident > in > > > 1958 where a bomber had to drop a nuclear bomb into the Atlantic after > an > > > accident during a Cold War "game" that went wrong! The bomb is still > > > lost, > > > somewhere off of Tybee Island, Georgia. The CREEPY part of the story > was > > > that the pretend "target" of the war game was RADFORD, VA!!! Two > bombers, > > > loaded with real nuclear bombs, flew over Radford and pretended to wipe > > > them > > > out!!! The flight plan took them down toward Charlotte, so they > probably > > > flew right down over my house in Hillsville! Sure glad they had their > > > accident and bomb drop out over the Atlantic instead of over the > > > mountains! > > > Really interesting story. They never did explain why Radford was the > > > target > > > of the exercise... > > > > > > Maybe they were huntin' for Ole Paul's house???? > > > > > > MizzKat > > > To contact Listowner: > > > Rena Worthen [email protected] > > > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen [email protected] > > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. > > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen [email protected] > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >