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| Oops--Howitzer round for avalanche control lands in Utah man's back yard |
| 2005-03-25 |
| Workers for Utah's Department of Transportation caused extensive damage when a Howitzer round they fired for avalanche control missed its target and hit in the backyard of someone's home. The round was supposed to hit a hill but sailed over it and landed some 9,000 yards away. Must have been Confederate artillery--they always aim too high! No one was hurt in Wednesday's incident but the round left a six-foot-wide crater and fragments from the shell pierced the home's siding and lodged in the walls inside. The department says it takes full responsibility for the damage and will compensate the homeowners for repairs. The Utah transportation department fires about 550 rounds a year, and says nothing like this has ever happened in the 22 years it's been using the guns. One good thing: the man has not had any avalanches in his backyard since! |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #10 Or was that 726E 55N, lol! UberEfficient Mucking Formons, lol! Love 'em, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-03-25 11:24:39 PM |
| #9 Small world VRWC - know Ron Clare? I lived at 726N 550 E for a short time, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-03-25 11:19:07 PM |
| #8 It's deja vu all over again. I used to live in North Ogden, Utah when the ski patrol at the Snow Basin ski area fired a 105mm recoiless rifle to set off an avalanche. The round went long landing and exploding near or on a house being built in North Ogden, just over the mountain from the ski area. Shrapnel went through a house across the street and into a sofa. This was about 20 to 30 years ago. |
| Posted by: VRWconspiracy 2005-03-25 11:11:59 PM |
| #7 //running cadence tune// Hell-o Hell-o Artillery - King of |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2005-03-25 8:15:13 PM |
| #6 The gun-grabbers will no doubt find some way to spin this large-caliber assault weapon accident to their advantage. We should pre-empt them: When artillery is outlawed, only outlaws will have artillery. They can have my 155 when they pry it out of my cold, dead M-109. Cannons don't kill people, DOT fire control does. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-03-25 6:50:29 PM |
| #5 Trom the Cannon-Cockers Field Manual: Fire Mission Over, Fire Mission out. Shot over, Shout out. Oh Shit over, No shit out. |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2005-03-25 5:37:36 PM |
| #4 now ima start worrying about them hurricane hunters. |
| Posted by: half 2005-03-25 5:20:10 PM |
| #3 Thank God the Illinois Dept. Of Transportation (ID |
| Posted by: Darth VAda 2005-03-25 3:17:46 PM |
| #2 More details and interview with homeowners here. Hat tip: The Roth Report, an alternative to Drudge without the damn pop-up and -under ads! |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-03-25 2:20:11 PM |
| #1 Wonder if that compensation covers dry cleaning his pants and shampooing the couch where he was sitting? |
| Posted by: GK 2005-03-25 1:30:51 PM |