Boston Bomb Scare [No 56k]

[Knipps]

Does this look like a bomb to you?



Just shortly after eight o’clock, Wednesday January 31st 2007, a call came in from a local T rider concerned about a “suspicious device.” Local law enforcements took the call serious and investigated. The T stop at Sullivan Square was shut down and the Orange line halted along with surrounding roads as the bomb squad moved in to render the device inert.

Hours later several more devices were found on various bridges and road intersections and even New England Medical Center. Ideas of a terrorist attack started circulating and wide-spread panic soon followed. State local police, the bomb squad, and homeland security were called into action and ran across town, back and fourth, all day causing major traffic problems and delays while also shutting down major roads and interstate and public transportation not to mention dealing with the numerous calls of potential “bombs.”

At a press conference at five o’clock, the mayor, DA, colonel, commissioner and attorney general announced that the devises were inert, not dangerous, but mention nothing else of what they were. What exactly were the devises?

Turner Broadcasting made an official statement claiming responsibility for the devises saying they were magnetic lights that pose no danger and intended to be a part of an outdoor marketing campaign located in ten cities around the nation in support of Adult Swim's animated television show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force."

Local artist Peter Berdovsky, a 2005 graduate from Mass Art, was arrested for being the one who placed a total of 38 devises around Boston. The Interference Information Network, Cartoon Network and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” employed him to create and place these ads for a publicity stunt for an upcoming movie about “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” Shortly later Sean Stevens was also arrested in connection of the placement of the "bombs."

As of right now, third-parties, like Boston’s Peter Berdovsky are being contacted by Turner Broadcasting to remove all “advertising billboards”, as they were called, from all remaining nine cities as to avoid another city-wide incident like what happened here in Boston and what should have been another typical Wednesday.

& one for sale on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/Boston-Mooninite...QQcmdZViewItem


more pics:

[BonzoHansen]

Mooninites FTW!!!!!!!!!!

[Knipps]

38 total around the city...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/4518511.html

[BonzoHansen]

I'm gonna build my own.

Mooninites FTW!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Carl

That's my friggin' car!

[V]

apparently only boston made this a big deal.... 41 in NY and no one really cared.

[foff667]

there were some out in cali I think too...now they are trying to sue turner broadcasting for this crap...its pretty ****** that the one dude got arrested for something that stupid & obviously wasnt intended to be malicious in any way...I will say his design sucked and that in itself was probably his downfall...guess there wont be anymore "outdoor advertising" campaigns anytime soon

[BonzoHansen]

Originally Posted by SmokingSS

apparently only boston made this a big deal.... 41 in NY and no one really cared.

That is because Boston sucks. Go Yanks!

[Knipps]

Originally Posted by foff667

there were some out in cali I think too...now they are trying to sue turner broadcasting for this crap...its pretty ****** that the one dude got arrested for something that stupid & obviously wasnt intended to be malicious in any way...I will say his design sucked and that in itself was probably his downfall...guess there wont be anymore "outdoor advertising" campaigns anytime soon

there were a bunch in all different cities around the country, the best part is they'd been up for a few WEEKS and boston was the only city to freak out about them

his design? it's a character from a TV show & it's promoting the show's movie coming out

[unstable bob gable]

ATHF is DA BOMB! Carl RULEZ!!!

[alamantia]

Originally Posted by BonzoHansen

That is because Boston sucks. Go Yanks!

Its a shame such a nice city as boston has to have such a ****** baseball team

[Savage_Messiah]

I didn't read the whole thign yet, just saw the pic at the top, but Mooninites FTW!

[V]

IF the design was made to hide the batteries better or just leave them exposed, it would not have been as big a deal. The problem was that they used 4 D batteries in a row and then used black tape over them to hide it but the wires comign out of the tape was visable, so if you looked quick and didnt know the character, it looked the a cartoon design giving you the finger with a stick of dynamite taped up under it.

i saw the news last night, they were put in 10 cities around the country, and around 40 per city, yet only boston actually had bomb squads blow them up, lol.

[Knipps]

none were "blown up"

[V]

Originally Posted by Chevelle 454

none were "blown up"

yes, boston bomb squad did not know what it was and used their own explosives to destroy one.

[GP99GT]

Originally Posted by Chevelle 454

none were "blown up"

then what was shown exploding on the news yesterday? they purposely blew them up because they thought they were bombs...they used explosives to render the "bombs" useless (if they were bombs that is, except they arent, so they blew them up for no real reason)

[Knipps]

Originally Posted by SmokingSS

yes, boston bomb squad did not know what it was and used their own explosives to destroy one.

where'd you see that?

putting them up: http://www.cnn.com/video/player/play...thf.movie.affl

[V]

on the news last night they showed at least the first one getting destroyed., just like matt said, lol

[Knipps]

cnn, and a lot of other sources didn't mention that....
interesting, they're saying it cost approx 3/4 of a million dollars in efforts

talks about "diffusing"
http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pag...Y&pageId=1.1.1

[BonzoHansen]

Cities better than Boston:
...devices have been in place for two or three weeks in Boston; New York City; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Austin, Texas; San Francisco, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


"It had a very sinister appearance," Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley told reporters. "It had a battery behind it, and wires." I guess an iPod is sinister too. Or my car.

Man, they are trying real hard to make it look like they didn't over react - which of course they did - in spades.

[unstable bob gable]

BAAAAAABOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!

[Knipps]

how my school handled it:

LMA Travel Advisory

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 – 4:00 PM

Improvised explosive devices have been found in several locations around Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, during the day of January 31. So far all devices have turned out to be hoaxes. Law enforcement continues to search and investigate, and this will cause transit and traffic impacts throughout the evening commute. Please allow extra time. Media outlets are the best way to keep updated on the situation. There is no known specific threat at this time.

[Fast92RS]

Just heard about it on the radio

[curt86iroc]

****ing hilarious!!!

"i hope they can see this becuase im doing it as hard as i can..."

[BonzoHansen]

[maroman88]

lol i cant believe they kept looking after they realized wat the first one was, watta bunch of losers up there