© AP Photo/Kathy KmonicekJ.B. Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile, Alabama
Local outlet Fox10TV reports that the Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team retrieved and detonated the grenade-type IED at the 3,600-acre artificial reservoir, which holds about 17 billion gallons of water and serves as the primary drinking water source for the 350,000 people in the Mobile area.
Divers conducting routine maintenance surveys found the device, prompting a multi-agency response that included the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, the FBI Bomb Squad, the Mobile Police Department Explosive Ordnance Detail, the ALEA Bomb Squad, and the Daphne Search and Rescue Team. The Department of Homeland Security was notified of the incident.
"This is an unprecedented threat, and we are fortunate that this device was discovered before it could cause serious damage to our water supply or harm to individuals. We are grateful for the professionalism and competency of our law enforcement partners - as well as the quick thinking of our contractors and divers - in identifying this device and safely destroying it," Bud McCrory, the director of Mobile Area Water and Sewer System, stated.
The incident recalls a 2010 report from Texas, when federal agents warned that Mexican drug cartels were plotting to blow up a border dam. The broader infrastructure security concern today is far more serious, given the millions of illegal aliens who have flooded the nation during the Biden-Harris regime.
Reader Comments
How was your service? Meaning, why did you choose to serve, or were you drafted?
How did you feel about serving after you left?
My father served for 22 years. He was very good at it, apparently. I was raised by a man who had a high distrust of the government and high paranoia when it came to security and general awareness of what was going on around him/us. Some of it rubbed off on me.
He was a loving, skilled man who hated the system and those who ran it, because he joined to serve his country, only to find out he had been duped and lost brothers, and some of his sanity, for the wars created by, and for, rich men, politicians and TPTB. That rubbed off on me too, and most of my siblings.
So, I'm curious. Why did you serve and how do you feel about it?
I'm aware these questions are on a public forum, so feel free to ignore them/me, but I'm curious.
Almost 23 years service. When I think back to my mates, I have fond memories of our time together, the politcs I do not. I do not regret my service. It allowed me to raise my kids in a fairly good environment. The military family support system, at the time, was excellent. Heck, even my son joined for a time. That is another story. Suffice it to say and these are his words, "Whatever the military was when you were in is not that today and worse than you can imagine."
Why no picture of the "grenade" ? Perhpas because it's just a handgrenade-shaped lighter someone carelessly threw into the water ?
BTW, underwater explosive devices are not as simple as it sounds. Just look it up.
Not to mention, if would bring down the dam, I would not have thrown the device into the water, but placed it in the dam wall, preferably a hole I drilled. In the water, the grenade only creates waves ...
”Yes, it is possible to light a human fart underwater, but it is incredibly difficult and requires specific conditions.”
“To help you explore this weird science further, I can explain the chemical composition of flatus or break down the physics of how underwater combustion works. What would you like to explore next?”
There is no way whatever they found will do anything other than disturb a few catfish, the base of the dam is probably a couple of hundred feet wide, total BS