02-21-2020, 03:34 AM
Ah simpler times, when any threat could be addressed with a bombing run. Seemed worth a shot (and at least they tried something, anything really)
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/02/21...ava-field/
Local adventurer Kawika Singson says he was hiking on the slopes of Mauna [Loa] when he came upon what he calls the discovery of a lifetime.
"Once and awhile, people will find a little mortar round or a grenade. Well, I found a 600 pound bomb," exclaimed Singson.
[...]
Back in December 1935, the Army dropped 20, 600-pound demolition bombs on an erupting Mauna Loa, in hopes of diverting the lava flows that were moving fast toward Hilo town.
The military used that strategy again in 1942.
"I counted eight bomb craters. Bombs that hit the ground and exploded. And I found two bombs, so there was a total of 10 bombs within a hundred yard radius," Singson said.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/02/21...ava-field/
Local adventurer Kawika Singson says he was hiking on the slopes of Mauna [Loa] when he came upon what he calls the discovery of a lifetime.
"Once and awhile, people will find a little mortar round or a grenade. Well, I found a 600 pound bomb," exclaimed Singson.
[...]
Back in December 1935, the Army dropped 20, 600-pound demolition bombs on an erupting Mauna Loa, in hopes of diverting the lava flows that were moving fast toward Hilo town.
The military used that strategy again in 1942.
"I counted eight bomb craters. Bombs that hit the ground and exploded. And I found two bombs, so there was a total of 10 bombs within a hundred yard radius," Singson said.