Sharks? World War II Bombs also are a Beach Peril

If a spate of shark attacks this summer isn't enough to keep you out of the water, here's another peril to worry about at the beach: unexploded bombs.

Yes, a World War II-era shell forced beachgoers on the Gulf Coast near Tampa to evacuate the sands Sunday morning before the barnacle-covered bomb was detonated in a controlled explosion later in the day.

Be careful of what you poke or pick-up at 

the beach.

The good news: No one was hurt.

The bad: This happens much more frequently than you might think.

The reason? Millions of unused bombs, also known as unexploded ordnance or UXO, lie in the waters off the U.S. coast, dumped there by the military before the practice was banned in 1970 by the Pentagon, a move locked into law by the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act in 1972.

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