Dirty Bomb in Boston????

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DivideBYZero

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May 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: jemcam
Jesus fvcking Christ! I didn't start this as a P&N topic for a reason. I'm concerned about this news report and wanted to see if anyone else knew anything about it.

This is the exact same reason I quit posting in P&N. You can't have an intelligent discussion here either?

So quit posting in OT, then everyone is happy.

I wouldn't be happy. Don't assume.

Another Escapee. Don't they lock that place properly at night?
 

Looney

Lifer
Jun 13, 2000
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Originally posted by: Gibson486
i live in boston. Nothing has really changed in the past few hours aside from a helicopter or two. My mom called me an hour ago to see if i was alright. Kind of scary.....

WTF? Helicopters flying around looking for a dirty bomb, and no other news sources, including CNN, are showing it?
 

mwtgg

Lifer
Dec 6, 2001
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Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: jemcam
Jesus fvcking Christ! I didn't start this as a P&N topic for a reason. I'm concerned about this news report and wanted to see if anyone else knew anything about it.

This is the exact same reason I quit posting in P&N. You can't have an intelligent discussion here either?

So quit posting in OT, then everyone is happy.

I wouldn't be happy. Don't assume.

Another Escapee. Don't they lock that place properly at night?

:confused: I was here before I head over to P&N. Thanks for thinking of me though.

Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: Gibson486
i live in boston. Nothing has really changed in the past few hours aside from a helicopter or two. My mom called me an hour ago to see if i was alright. Kind of scary.....

WTF? Helicopters flying around looking for a dirty bomb, and no other news sources, including CNN, are showing it?

Reuters is.
 

Insane3D

Elite Member
May 24, 2000
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I think any post that links to Drudge's "Developing....." website should stay in P&N where it belongs....
 

Insane3D

Elite Member
May 24, 2000
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Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
NOMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

WTF....you obviously are not in Boston or anywhere near it...it's pronounced....

NOMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH


:p
 

yllus

Elite Member & Lifer
Aug 20, 2000
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You think that maybe it's a misprint and they're really after a dirty character, or suspicious bomb?
 

DrPizza

Administrator Elite Member Goat Whisperer
Mar 5, 2001
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www.slatebrookfarm.com
dirty bomb - as in radioactive stuff? I thought the US had the capability to track radioactivity... concentrate enough in one spot and it'll show up like a sore thumb on satellite images. Maybe I'm wrong. If I'm wrong, wtf is taking us so long to develop that technology?!
 

FoBoT

No Lifer
Apr 30, 2001
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fobot.com
Originally posted by: DrPizza
dirty bomb - as in radioactive stuff? I thought the US had the capability to track radioactivity... concentrate enough in one spot and it'll show up like a sore thumb on satellite images. Maybe I'm wrong. If I'm wrong, wtf is taking us so long to develop that technology?!

not if it is shielded

also, some of the most dangerous contamination materials only give off alpha particles which are shielded by paper, so they don't even have to put that into a lead box

don't mix up materials that are highly radiactive (as in high gamma/neutron sources) with materials that will highly contaminate people/areas
 

conjur

No Lifer
Jun 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: aswedc
This is BS, read the article. The entire threat comes from a Mexican source who claims he shuttled two Iraqis and four Chinese across the border and they told him a bomb would follow. Why would Iraqis and Chinese be working together? Why would they tell a random guy they were bring a nuke over later? Why would they even be dealing with a Mexican border smuggler, if you have a nuke you'd better be better organized than that.

Mexican People Smuggler Admits Boston Terror Hoax
http://www.reuters.com/newsArt...icNews&storyID=7440452


Imagine that....