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Homemade chlorine gas bomb found on Fort Polk today
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:33 pm
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A homemade device containing what is believed to be chlorine gas was discovered Wednesday on a Louisiana military base, according to witnesses on the scene.
The device was discovered in a car in the post library parking lot on Fort Polk, home to one of the Army’s combat training centers. Eyewitnesses said the incident began after 12:00 pm, when officials cordoned off the parking lot and prevented people from leaving the area.
Witnesses said representatives from the FBI, the military police, CID, and other law enforcement agencies were on the scene, including some in hazardous materials protective suits.
https://www.armywtfmoments.com/2017/04/12/breaking-chlorine-gas-bomb-found-disarmed-military-base/
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Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:42 pm to Signal Soldier
Is that a Martian?
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:43 pm to Signal Soldier
Probably just some pool supplies some guy picked up today to get his pool summer ready when he got home.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:43 pm to Signal Soldier
I heard they know who it belonged to and went to his place and there was more material there.
Don't know if that's true or not but that's what I heard
Don't know if that's true or not but that's what I heard
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:44 pm to Signal Soldier
Ft. Polk needs all the chlorine it can get. Same goes for Leesville.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:46 pm to Signal Soldier
No one else is reporting this. I believe its fake.
Why is one fireman in t shirt and no respirator but the other pic guys in haz mats? The pics are in the broad daylight. If this was legit EVERY news source wouldve run with this.
Nice attempt whoever shopped it.
Why is one fireman in t shirt and no respirator but the other pic guys in haz mats? The pics are in the broad daylight. If this was legit EVERY news source wouldve run with this.
Nice attempt whoever shopped it.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:47 pm to Signal Soldier
Looks like the Army is using wardrobe leftovers from The Arrival.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:49 pm to Signal Soldier
They should have set it off. The worst place I've ever been including middle eastern countries.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 10:55 pm to Signal Soldier
Possibly one of Leesville's finest still mad about the government taking their family's land back in the 1930s.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 10:59 pm to Signal Soldier
Was this meant to kill people?
quote:Guess you'd have to set it off indoors where people became disoriented and couldn't get out soon enough.
Humans can smell chlorine gas at ranges from 0.1–0.3 ppm. According to a review from 2010: "At 1–3 ppm, there is mild mucus membrane irritation that can usually be tolerated for about an hour. At 5–15 ppm, there is moderate mucus membrane irritation. At 30 ppm and beyond, there is immediate chest pain, shortness of breath, and cough. At approximately 40–60 ppm, a toxic pneumonitis and/or acute pulmonary edema can develop.... Concentrations of about 400 ppm and beyond are generally fatal over 30 minutes, and at 1,000 ppm and above, fatality ensues within only a few minutes."
This post was edited on 4/12/17 at 11:01 pm
Posted on 4/12/17 at 11:28 pm to Signal Soldier
2nd link clearly links the 2/3 incidents - explosion/fire in woods, discovery at apartments and chlorine found in vehicle on base.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 11:31 pm to bhtigerfan
I don't know, I think chlorine can really frick a person up. I know I nearly passed out just going into a closet of pool chemicals once.
Posted on 4/12/17 at 11:33 pm to bhtigerfan
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Guess you'd have to set it off indoors where people became disoriented and couldn't get out soon enough.
I mean... Not like it was widely used in wwi.... Outside.... To devastating effect...
Posted on 4/12/17 at 11:56 pm to biglego
When I was younger, I opened up the floating chlorine tablet thing in the pool and sniffed it. I almost drowned bc it was so strong it made me lose my breath and almost pass out.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:09 am to beerJeep
quote:Looks to be more of a debilitating gas than a deadly gas when used outdoors.
I mean... Not like it was widely used in wwi.... Outside.... To devastating effect...
I'm no expert on WWI, but I think mustard gas was used more.
From the looks of it, chlorine gas will definitely kill you in a confined space. Outdoors, not so much.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:21 am to bhtigerfan
They were used in unison. While mustard was more widely used later in the war, chlorine gas was the first "lethal" gas deployed by the Germans.
But you are correct in that chlorine gas, while deadly, was more of an irritant used before attacks, so while most were killed by bullets compared to gas, that was simply because they got shot before they drowned in their own saliva/their throats closed up
But you are correct in that chlorine gas, while deadly, was more of an irritant used before attacks, so while most were killed by bullets compared to gas, that was simply because they got shot before they drowned in their own saliva/their throats closed up
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:25 am to beerJeep
quote:Yeah, hard to shoot straight and fight when you can't see or breath correctly.
But you are correct in that chlorine gas, while deadly, was more of an irritant used before attacks, so while most were killed by bullets compared to gas, that was simply because they got shot before they drowned in their own saliva/their throats closed up
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:28 am to bhtigerfan
Dude I can't imagine the living hell that was trench warfare. What an abysmal war to fight in. The chemists war.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:32 am to beerJeep
I can't imagine any warfare is good, much less with poisonous gas floating around.
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