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Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: El Tejon on March 22, 2006, 02:41:46 AM
Apparently workers were destroying expired destructive devices at Crane Naval Base in Southern Indiana (south of Bloomington, Indiana) when some sort of accident transpired on March 21, 2006.

Any speculation on the cause?

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=4665140&nav=9TahY28g
Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 22, 2006, 03:08:41 AM
It is time to pull out, before more of our young soldiers die.
Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: garrettwc on March 22, 2006, 03:08:59 AM
Not enough info to speculate.
Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: K Frame on March 22, 2006, 03:20:02 AM
They had an OOPSIE!
Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: cordex on March 22, 2006, 04:35:06 AM
The senseless destruction of military ammunition and explosives has always made me sad.  USE THEM, DON'T INCINERATE THEM!

Kirk,
I'm guessing "Hey dude, watch this." might have been involved.
Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: lee n. field on March 22, 2006, 05:28:12 AM
Why does the Navy have a base in the middle of Indiana?
Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: K Frame on March 22, 2006, 05:31:47 AM
The Navy has bases in a lot of places where there isn't any water.

At one time, when I was a kid, the Navy Ship Parts Control Center in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, handled every overhaul, refit, and repair part for the entire East Coast, as well as the Gulf Coast. If it was going to go into a ship that was already in commission, it went through Mechanicsburg.
Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: Gewehr98 on March 22, 2006, 05:52:28 AM
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It is time to pull out, before more of our young soldiers die.
That's always the perfect answer, isn't it?  rolleyes
Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: Leatherneck on March 22, 2006, 07:34:02 AM
Quote: "That's always the perfect answer, isn't it?"

Nah: join me in the chorus. folks: IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!

TC
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Post by: mfree on March 22, 2006, 07:50:09 AM
"Any speculation on the cause?"

Umm, they were BURNING DETONATORS. Smiley
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Post by: garrettwc on March 22, 2006, 07:54:32 AM
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The Navy has bases in a lot of places where there isn't any water.
Yup, there's an ordnance center in Louisville KY where they do buildups/refurbs of the deck guns. Of course Louisville does have a river Cheesy
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Post by: K Frame on March 22, 2006, 08:02:00 AM
Where's the Navy's main reactor school? I think Idaho somewhere...

They also have a reactor research facility in Saratoga, New York.
Title: Explosion at Crane!
Post by: El Tejon on March 22, 2006, 08:05:17 AM
The base at Crane is where the USN does small arms research.  Indiana is where all the guns are.Cheesy

As well, when the Chinese invade we can retreat to the woods and hills of Southern Indiana and hold out at Crane.Cheesy

Plenty of water in Indiana, but it mostly falls from the sky.
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Post by: Mongo on March 22, 2006, 09:02:24 AM
The story is about "Crane Navel Warfare Center".  

I guess they fire belly button lint at each other..
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Post by: Perd Hapley on March 22, 2006, 01:34:12 PM
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The Navy has bases in a lot of places where there isn't any water.
Makes it a lot easier to have reserve forces that way.
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Post by: Guest on March 22, 2006, 03:23:11 PM
water is definatly a prerequisit.

There was a base someplace in jawja IRRC....  I think they had a small resevoir there.
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Post by: Guest on March 22, 2006, 07:13:23 PM
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It is time to pull out, before more of our young soldiers die.
I agree. Our continued military presence in Indiana is a recipe for disaster. If those Indianians cant take care of themselves by now, then there is nothing we can do to help them.
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Post by: gunsmith on March 22, 2006, 11:05:16 PM
Bush Knew!

mike moore documentary to follow