“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
It really is. =/ I really want to make a thing sort of like the bomb box Yvaelle described,
but person-sized. Each person enters with their luggage and it gets closed on them.
Then some sort of something turns on inside to make any explosives go off. If any go
off, there is a quick auto-cleaning of the inside, and the next person may enter.
I'm not being "ignorant" by saying people have been bringing backpacks to events like this for a long time. Sometimes people need to walk away for a minute. I understand why it is "suspicious" but to just assume its a bomb is ridiculous. I lived in NY during 911 and could see the smoke from my window, I don't look up and see air planes and assume they are going to crash into a building.
Again, I understand why it is suspicious but this was blown way out of proportion.
Hardly an EOD tekkie either, but what they use most of the time is a water disruptor.
Video can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osHIh3Y_dQ8
That is nothing but water pressure ripping apart a gas tank.
another more EOD based one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQal6uPqKeI
either the pressure can blow it up, or simply be used to 'slice' through circuitry
Well rice cookers are almost identical to pressure cookers. Obviously this individual thought they were being funny about last year's bombing. Maybe they intended to throw confetti out of the rice cooker or something but then police arrived to arrest him for standing barefoot in a veil making an ass of himself so he dropped the bags and ran?
Either way, I think this person was more stupid than malicious. If bad taste isn't already a crime it will be after this.
Which like I said, In my opinion, that is ridiculous and is the wrong way to live if you think everyone is out to kill you.It really wasn't though. ANY unattended bag in well-trafficked areas are typically
treated as a possible bomb.
When it has occurred as many times as it has, I think it's better in this case to be safe.
Don't want your bag / box exploded? Then don't leave it alone.
It is sad that such precautions must be taken, but they are definitely musts.
^^^^ This
The risk of safely detonating an unattended bag that turns out to be harmless is nonexistent. Someone lost some camera equipment and a rice cooker and two backpacks (that they left at the side of the road to begin with.) The risk of NOT taking precautions in regards to an unattended bag that's actually dangerous is... well, not nonexistent.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.