WEAPONS OF MASS CONFUSION NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM EVACUATED AFTER FORGOTTEN WWI MUNITIONS FOUND.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Employees of the county's Natural History Museum got a taste of history themselves on Thursday, when they were evacuated after staff found three boxes of WWI WWI abbr. World War I WWI World War One munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. that had gone unnoticed since 1922. ``There was a rumor around the Hall of Administration that they had finally found "Finally Found" was the debut single from the Honeyz. This was their most successful single in the UK and worldwide, securing a number 4 position in the UK singles chart and achieved platinum status in Australia [1] Tracklisting # Title Length the weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or , but I think that was false,'' Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky joked Friday. ``I have to tell you, it's one of the most bizarre memos I've ever received.'' Steven Karr, assistant curator of a museum with the largest collection of historical artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. west of the Mississippi, said staff came across the boxes while cataloging some of the 33 million historical items at the museum and its off-site storage sites. ``There were some hand grenades that dated back to World War I,'' Karr said. ``They were donated to us in 1922. They were in boxes that hadn't been assessed.'' The Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . bomb squad responded and determined the grenades no longer posed a threat. ``The building was evacuated briefly,'' Karr said. ``All of the grenades were determined to be non-volatile. They had been bored out.'' Karr said the records regarding the donated boxes were vague and he doesn't know why someone donated the grenades. ``We have weapons here from the 1700s through the mid-20th century,'' Karr said. Troy Anderson, (213) 974-8985 troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com |
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