LOST OLD NUKE FOUND OFF THE CANADIAN COAST BY DIVER - It was dumped into the ocean just before a plane crash in British Columbia in 1950 - ALLEGEDLY it did not contain plutonium, only TNT and lead

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Canadian army interested in old nuke that may have been found off Haida Gwaii in BC

 

The American Mark IV nuclear weapon, one step up from "Fat Man" bomb of Nagasaki fame. This is a copy on display at a Lost Nuke exhibit at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada in Winnipeg. PNG

• Diver finds nuclear device that was dumped or exploded off the B.C. coast on Feb. 13, 1950, when an American B-36 bomber crashed while en route from Alaska to Texas.
• Allegedly, it was packed with lead – not plutonium – and TNT.  (Would they tell us if it was a real nuke?)
• None of the stories at the time of the crash detailed the payload the bomber had been carrying.
• But eventually it was discovered that the bomber’s mission was to simulate a nuclear attack on San Francisco, and the plane had been carrying a Mark IV nuclear weapon.
• The Mark IV was a giant bomb, weighing almost 11,000 pounds (4,900 kilograms).   It was similar to the atomic bomb that killed 39,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki, Japan. 
• The pilot said the bomb aboard the B-36 had lead in its core instead of plutonium, so it wasn’t a functional atomic bomb. But the crew decided to jettison it over water before abandoning the plane.
• Haida GwaiI was then called Queen Charlotte Islands, an idyllic, remote area.

 Continue reading the entire article and see vintage images of newspaper reporting at the time of the crash.  ALSO:  Watch Video

HOW LUCKY CAT TUX SURVIVED THE FORT MCMURRAY FOREST FIRE - PEOPLE LEFT HUNDREDS OF PETS BEHIND TO STARVE OR BURN ALIVE - The city of Fort McMurray services the Tar Sands project, a crime against nature

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 Tux, in better times, before the fire.

 

Tux, the survivor. 

• A giant forest fire has consumed part of the city of Fort McMurray in Canada's north.
• Fort McMurray is the center of the infamous Tar Sands project and other oil industry developments.  A crime against nature in itself.
• Residents left hundreds of pets behind to starve or burn alive. 
• This is a betrayal of people's best friends and companions.
• Although authorities ordered residents to leave immediately, it only takes seconds to put a cat in a carrier, or place a leash on a dog, and bring them along with you.
• Many people were told to head directly from work to the road out of town and escape the conflagration. 
• But if those people had had a grandparent or a child sitting at home, they would have found the way to make a detour and pick them up before escaping.
• The media so far has not focused on people's betrayal of hundreds of pets, too busy reporting on the spectacular fire and the suffering of residents.
• Wildlife too have died, and we'll never know the toll.
• Parts of the city are still standing and people are beginning to return to their homes.
• Cat Tux's owner spent 15 minutes gathering belongings before rushing out of the house - without her cats.
• Here is the story of Tux, who was left behind to starve or burn alive.  Here is how he survived.  Three other cats in the family are presumed dead.

 Continue reading about Tux, the volunteer rescue effort, and how the tar sands have ravaged a once pristine environment.