Ugubuzelwe intuthu yeziqhumane eziqhume, umkhumbi wamasosha wangaphambili weMpi Yezwe Yesibili yaseMelika ucwiliswe eFlorida Keys ngoLwesithathu ukuze ube yitshe elikhulu lokwenziwa iziphathimandla ezithemba ukuthi lingawuvuselela umnotho wendawo kanye nemvelo.
Ngemuva kokuthi iziqhumane ezilawulwayo ziqalisiwe, kuthathe imizuzu emithathu kuphela ukuthi inqwaba empunga engamamitha angu-523 (159 imitha), amathani angu-17,000 we-General Hoyt S. Vandenberg ishelele ngaphansi komhlaba.
Yacwila ngamamitha angu-140 ukuze izinze phansi esihlabathini, amamayela ayisikhombisa ukusuka e-Key West emaphethelweni aseningizimu yeFlorida.
Ukucwila kuphendule insalela yesikhathi sempi, nayo eyasetshenziswa yi-US Air Force ukulandelela ukwethulwa kwemicibisholo yaseSoviet phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi futhi isaphethe isitsha sayo esikhulu sokulandela umkhondo, yaba enye yezixhobo zokwenziwa ezinkulu ezicwiliswe ngamabomu emhlabeni.
Izikhulu zendawo kanye nosomabhizinisi banethemba lokuthi endaweni yayo entsha yokuphumula i-Vandenberg izohlinzeka ngenzuzo kokubili kwemvelo yasolwandle kanye nomnotho wendawo, okuzwe ukucindezela kokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni jikelele.
Babelindele ukuthi le ngozi izodonswa abatshuzi ngokushesha ngaphansi kwamanzi, kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo iheha izinhlanzi, amakhorali nezinye izilwane zasolwandle futhi ngaleyo ndlela kwehlise ukucindezela kwezixhobo zemvelo zaseKey West ezibangelwa ukutshuza, ukuhamba ngesikebhe nokudoba.
“Abatshuzi bathanda ukuphahlazeka, izinhlanzi njengezindawo eziphahlazekile. I-Vandenberg izoba nephrofayili enhle ngaphansi kwamanzi,” kusho u-Sheri Lohr, umnikazi wesitolo sokucwila emanzini osethathe umhlalaphansi obambe iqhaza kuphrojekthi yokucwila yase-Vandenberg.
"Umnotho uzohlomula ... Silindele ukuthi izitolo zokubhukuda zibe lapha ezinsukwini ezimbalwa," utshele abeReuters.
Ngaphambi kokuthi icwile, i-Vandenberg yahlanzwa kukungcola, okufana ne-asbestos, izintambo, upende kanye nezinye izinto ezingaba ubuthi kanye nemfucumfucu, ukuyinqanda ukuthi ingalimazi imvelo phansi olwandle empilweni yayo entsha.
Abasekeli bomklamo wamadwala okwenziwa bathemba ukuthi indawo entsha eheha ngaphansi kwamanzi ingenza imali efika ezigidini ezingu-8 zamaRandi ngonyaka ekuthengisweni okuhlobene nezokuvakasha e-Key West, njengoba le ngozi iheha abahlukahlukene bayo yonke iminyaka namakhono ukuze bahlole isizinda sayo nengqalasizinda.
"Ukucwila kwe-Vandenberg kuyinto engcono kakhulu engenzeka e-Key West eminyakeni ... kuzoba usizo olukhulu emabhizinisini aku-Duval Street (indawo ehamba phambili yezivakashi yedolobha)," kusho uKhomishana weDolobha lase-Key West kanye nosomabhizinisi wendawo u-Mark Rossi. .
Inkampani yakwaReefmakers, iMoorestown, New Jersey, ebambe iqhaza ekucwileni kwezimoto ithe iningi loxhaso lwale phrojekthi ka-$6 million luvela emithonjeni kahulumeni waseFlorida Keys, okuhlanganisa nomkhandlu wezokuvakasha wakulesi sifunda. I-US Maritime Administration nayo yenza umnikelo.
Ngo-2006, i-US Navy yacwilisa umthwali wendiza owayesethathe umhlalaphansi u-Oriskany, umakadebona wokulwa wamathani angama-888 (271-metres), amathani angama-32,000 ezimpini zaseKorea naseVietnam, ePensacola eGulf of Mexico ukuze enze i-artificial eyakhiwe ngamabomu enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. itshe.
