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Maklarr4000 Oct 7 '17

Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean, crippling Puerto Rico, and smashing both Florida and Cuba. Among all the debris and junk the hurricane tossed around- something strange washed ashore in Florida.

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The Buoy is presumed to be a very old navigational buoy, built by the Soviet Union to help direct shipping traffic, likely directly off the coast of Cuba during the height of the Cold War. The buoy is marked with "Гидрометслужба СССР" which is translated to "Hydrometeorological service of the USSR" which indicates which service within the USSR operated it. The name was, likely, a cover for the buoy's true navigational purposes in the event one ever came loose and made the journey across the Caribbean to the United States... which it finally has, nearly 30 years on from the collapse of the Soviet Union. It's unknown how many of these mysterious buoys may still be abandoned out there. What is going to be done with the battered antique that washed ashore in Florida has yet to be determined.

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Jasper Oct 16 '17

Send it to putin lol

Maklarr4000 Nov 14 '17

Quote from Jasper Send it to putin lol

I don't think he'd want it after all these years.

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Soviet Buoy Found after Hurricane Irma | Forum