Good job CPD! You averted what could've been a major disaster!

[Casper]

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2011/12/12/columbus-suspicious-package.html

[fizzer]

inb4 proposed ban on all non-transparent geocaching containers...

[Simplysix]

You know know what those toy robots are planning

[John]

those hikers never thought why would there be a bomb planted in the middle of the woods?

[Cheech]

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2011/12/12/columbus-suspicious-package.html

That sonic boom you may have heard coming from Nationwide was my head breaking the sound barrier as it hit my desk.

[buxnut]

So much for geocaching as a hobby in this town!!

Edited December 15, 2011 by buxnut

[Sixgun]

The terrorists have won....I guess flaming bags of poo on the porch will be a federal offense....

[Kritz]

That sonic boom you may have heard coming from Nationwide was my head breaking the sound barrier as it hit my desk.

[Gixxus Christ!]

How does an ammo can become suspicious looking? Was it wearing a fake mustache and a trench coat?

[imprez55]

How does an ammo can become suspicious looking? Was it wearing a fake mustache and a trench coat?

We should have to report all geocaching locations to the police so they can avoid further complications such as this

[Casper]

How does an ammo can become suspicious looking? Was it wearing a fake mustache and a trench coat?

Probably the same way Occupy hippies look like terrorists.

[kawi kid]

[flounder]

I can't fault them on this. Someone came across a container designed to hold live ordinance. Who knows what could have been in it. They acted appropriately IMO

[imprez55]

I can't fault them on this. Someone came across a container designed to hold live ordinance. Who knows what could have been in it. They acted appropriately IMO

THEY knew what could be in it, because they x-rayed. I think they blew the top off because they were called in and it was probably just SOP. I'm sure they x-rayed it, found nothing of importance but then said "but you never know!" The amount of money and resources the people wasted by calling that in is astounding. On a list of things that are important to me or that I would call the cops for, a waterproof container in the woods is pretty low for me.

[Casper]

THEY knew what could be in it, because they x-rayed. I think they blew the top off because they were called in and it was probably just SOP. I'm sure they x-rayed it, found nothing of importance but then said "but you never know!" The amount of money and resources the people wasted by calling that in is astounding. On a list of things that are important to me or that I would call the cops for, a waterproof container in the woods is pretty low for me.

You know one of them was like, "hey bubba, wanna see how high we can blow this thing?".

[Steve Butters]

if i found an ammo can in the middle of the woods i would probably open it to see if theres anything good in it lol

[scottb]

not knowing if it was buried, or in "plain sight", there is now one less location for somebody's bug out bag stash

[Gump]

Some little boy is very sad now.

[Gixxus Christ!]

People are idiots. Idiots are afraid of ammo cans. That is my final answer.

[flounder]

THEY knew what could be in it, because they x-rayed. I think they blew the top off because they were called in and it was probably just SOP. I'm sure they x-rayed it, found nothing of importance but then said "but you never know!" The amount of money and resources the people wasted by calling that in is astounding. On a list of things that are important to me or that I would call the cops for, a waterproof container in the woods is pretty low for me.

The article did not say anything about x-ray'ing it.

[Casper]

The article did not say anything about x-ray'ing it.

Pretty sure that it standard protocol before blowing it up.

[flounder]

Pretty sure that it standard protocol before blowing it up.

At this point, that is just your assumption, nothing more.. When was the last time you read/trained on SOP for Bomb Squad, Terror response, etc?

[jblosser]

The bomb squad and fire fighters detonated the ammo can and found a book, toy robot, online game and a geo-caching item, Frazer said.

If they "detonated" the can, how did a toy, a book, and an "online game" (whatever that is) survive?

Did they blow it up with a firecracker?

Better safe than sorry, I guess, but the actions seem a bit over-the-top.

Next time, save some taxpayer money and send Todd out there with some Tannerite...

[SJC1000rr]

As someone who has delt with these yearly it seems like. Ask yourself about liability. Its not so much if it is or is not....as can we risk not doing anything and risk the saftey of police/fire and the public. I could make a pretty simple ied out of an ammo can.

As to X-Ray machine being used it situational depending on what the bomb tech see's and wants to do. Xray interference could set a device off if built accordingly. And as for what they use to blow it up with is a water cannon off an eletronic robot similar to those used by the army.

Heres one on OSU from a few years ago.

Edited December 16, 2011 by SJC1000rr

[flounder]

Heres one on OSU from a few years ago.

Was that one real or fake?