Last Saturday a couple of beachcombers near the mouth of the Salinas
River, on California's Monterey Bay, saw an unusual (but by no means
unique) type of sea shell down by the seashore. The San Jose Mercury
News reports that they marked the site of a 5-inch wide, 21-inch long
naval round with driftwood and reported it to the authorities. An Army
explosives expert later detonated the shell in place. (The site was
about 5 miles north of Fort Ord, site of a major artillery impact area.)
The shell, apparently left over from Navy firing exercises, had
apparently washed ashore. The find points out the importance of
considering the migration (or uncovering thorugh erosion) of unexploded
ordnance when laying out long-term plans for range response.
Lenny Siegel
Director, SFSU CAREER/PRO (and Pacific Studies Center)
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/968-1126
lsiegel@igc.org
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