I must issue a correction from an earlier post.

The wife and I have dug selenite twice in the Great Salt Plains, and it’s something every Okie should do at least once. Just remember to bring digging tools and containers for water to flush the soil.

But that was before I knew about the biological weapons of minimal destruction buried there. Now I recommend folks also pack a hazmat suit.

Officials speculate chemical at Salt Plains could be mustard gas

One of the vials containing a yellow liquid was uncovered and accidentally broken Saturday by a Boy Scout digging for selenite crystals …
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Hundreds of thousands of the training kits for the military were produced between 1930 and 1950, and many were lost or buried at artillery and training sites, according to a 2005 study by the corps.

Which brings into question the search for Saddam’s WMD’s. If our military can’t keep track of its own poison gas inventory, how can they be expected to locate Saddam’s?

Perhaps the Boy Scouts should create a WMD merit badge and hold some jamborees in Iraq.

*Note to budding terrorists: Don’t get any ideas.

The discovery forced refuge officials earlier this week to close the popular 40-acre crystal digging area.
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Armed guards prevent anyone from entering the closed gates.

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