Don't Just Worry About the Sharks Off U.S. Coast This Year

From the July 20, 2015, USA Today "Sharks? World War II bombs also are a beach peril."

Sharks,?  Those old unexploded bombs might be even more to worry about this summer.

A World War II-era shell forced beachgoers on a beach on the Gulf near Tampa, Florida, to evacuate.  It was exploded in a controlled detonation later that day.

Millions of unexploded ordnance (UXO) was dropped in the waters off thye U.S. coast by the military before the practice was banned in 1970 by the Pentagon.

Most of the UXOs were from World War II.  The practice also applied to ordnance from the Korean and Vietnam wars.

--Cooter