Torn from today's headlines

[FrodeauxB at aol.com]

Barstow, Fla.(AP)-A. R. Conner bulldozed trees and brush into a pile, set 
them on fire and walked off to get a drink of water. Then came the explosion, 
as a 2-foot, World War II-era rocket blasted out of the fire and crashed into 
a chain-link fence 700 feet away.
"It sounded like dynamite," he said. "It exploded, hit the fence and dropped 
down and set the grass afire."
Conner, 78, was clearing ground Wednesday for a hanger at the city airport 
when he apparently dug out the rocket. The heat from the brushfire was 
believed to have ignited it.
No one was injured, but the area was evacuated and bomb experts were called, 
a spokeswoman for the Polk County Sheriff, said.

If I had not read GR, it would be just another news story.
Still lurking when I'm not duck hunting, 

TTFN

frodeauxb
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