ALERT Suspicious devices found on power lines in Massachusetts

[Housecarl]

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Massachusetts

Suspicious devices found on power lines in Massachusetts

Published March 31, 2016
· Associated Press

TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. – Devices that authorities say looked like pipe bombs but were not explosive have been found hanging from power lines in Massachusetts.

Harold Shaw, special agent in charge of the Boston FBI division, says the devices were found Wednesday when the Tyngsborough Fire Department responded to a brush fire. Shaw says crews noticed the items and alerted National Grid. The power company then alerted law enforcement.

Shaw says multiple incendiary devices "similar in structure to pipe bombs" were found on the lines.

The FBI said Thursday the devices didn't have the components necessary to cause an explosion.

Shaw says at this point there is no evidence tying the devices to terrorism and that law enforcement agencies and utility companies across the country have been notified.

 

[night driver]

Time testing....


Response testing....

 

[LightEcho]

Time testing....
Response testing....

Possibly delivery testing. Not sure how they were placed or what they looked like but I envisioned a couple pipe sections linked and thrown over the wires. Getting a heavy package up there could be tricky.

 

[Sasquatch]

when the Tyngsborough Fire Department responded to a brush fire[/B].

Shaw says multiple incendiary devices "similar in structure to pipe bombs" were found on the lines.

I'd like to know the cause of the brush fire.

Was it a test of time delayed "incendiary devices"?

 

[Gitche Gumee Kid]

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GGK

 

[Sasquatch]

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GGK

Reminds me of what we did with our tennis shoes after running our LAST PFT in the USMC.

 

[Vtshooter]

Shaw says multiple incendiary devices "similar in structure to pipe bombs" were found on the lines.

The FBI said Thursday the devices didn't have the components necessary to cause an explosion.

This doesn't mean they were not an "attempt" at an explosive device. The builder may have screwed up the assembly process, and produced incindiary rather than explosive.

 

[mrrk1562]

may be they were trying to cause a short .if it were 2 pipes connected together with wire or chain .

 

[packyderms_wife]

this does not give me a warm fuzzy feeling.

 

[dogmanan]

Only a matter of time people, only a matter of time.

 

[Richard]

Who planted them and are they destructive or not?

 

[packyderms_wife]

Who planted them and are they destructive or not?

The FBI didn't say who planted them, apparently whoever made them forgot to leave a return phone number.

 

[Millwright]

may be they were trying to cause a short .if it were 2 pipes connected together with wire or chain .

That's my thoughts, trying to span the conductors.

Good way to start a grass fire too.

 

[Housecarl]

Only a matter of time people, only a matter of time.

Better question...How many times has it happened before and not been reported as such?

 

[paul bunyan]

Come on folks........

Shoeless Joe Jackson died....

The shoes are a meme......







Wag the Dog???

PB and some J

 

[danielboon]

Time testing....


Response testing....

this^^^^^

 

[Mercury3]

this^^^^^

How do they get them on without getting electrocuted?

 

[Handyman]

blowing the wire would take a lot more to fix, and longer than a short,

one could shoot them with a compressed air/gas gun simular to a potato gun or a pumpkin cannon, if to high to throw by hand,

or depending on the weight of them a drone helicopter.

 

[FarmerJohn]

How do they get them on without getting electrocuted?

If you have a couple of pipe-bomb like devices that are connected by a short weather (string or light chain), they can easily be tossed over a wire. The bolo-effect as they spin up from the tosser improves the likelihood that they'll snag on a wire. Like worn-out sneakers.

If your intent is to cut the wire, you should include a fuse, some charge perhaps.

 

[Lurker]

Easier to pop a couple of holes in the transformer and walk away - it'll blow.

 

[Meadowlark]

It does not take much for an arc discharge. I remember years ago at a former workplace. There were high tension lines next to railroad tracks right in back of the building I worked at. One time a utility worker was high up on a basket and something went wrong. He got zapped and fell out of the basket. I heard he was charred black like an over cooked steak.

 

[Red Baron]

It does not take much for an arc discharge. I remember years ago at a former workplace. There were high tension lines next to railroad tracks right in back of the building I worked at. One time a utility worker was high up on a basket and something went wrong. He got zapped and fell out of the basket. I heard he was charred black like an over cooked steak.

I think I'm cooking vegetarian tonight . . .

 

[Rabbit]

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I was going in search of just such a picture. LOL

 

[joannita]

OT I guess, but you all do know that sneakers over a wire mean there is a drug dealer at that location, right?

 

[Garryowen]

OT I guess, but you all do know that sneakers over a wire mean there is a drug dealer at that location, right?

First I heard that.

 

[Signwatcher]

That's what my kids told me about the sneakers over a wire up high back in the 80s. Still goes as drug advertisement to this day in this area.

 

[TammyinWI]

That's what my kids told me about the sneakers over a wire up high back in the 80s. Still goes as drug advertisement to this day in this area.

I heard about that being the meaning many years ago, as well. But, still see that. You'd think the LEOs would have caught onto that a long time ago.

 

[vestige]

Only a matter of time people, only a matter of time.

Lots more bang for your buck here:

 

[Red Baron]

FBI arrests man from Chelmsford, Mass., in connection to incendiary devices placed on power lines in Tyngsboro, Mass. - CBS Boston

Read more on cbslocal.com

 

[Double_A]

OT I guess, but you all do know that sneakers over a wire mean there is a drug dealer at that location, right?

Never heard that, but then I'm in my early 60's and we did that as a celebration of getting laid.