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| The Bomb in Lake Pontchartrain | |
| 2006-07-19 | |
July 19, 2006: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is still investigating a recent incident in which a large pipe bomb was found floating in Lake Pontchartrain, north of New Orleans. The device was examined, it was definitely a floating bomb, and was detonated while still on the water. While not a large explosive device, it reminded everyone at DHS that a major terrorist threat is the destruction of one of the railroad bridges over the Mississippi river. These bridges carry a major amount of freight traffic, and the loss of even one of them (if only for a few weeks, while being repaired) would have a noticeable effect on the economy. Al Qaeda knows about this, thus counter-terrorism officials are trying to found out who made the Lake Pontchartrain bomb. That's because this device had all the hallmarks of a test, for a larger bomb capable of dropping one of the nearby Mississippi river bridges.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #14 Sheriff Strain's not averse to 'profiling', and does not run a PC, touchy-feely office, so I am kind of surprised he would ignore such a report. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-07-19 21:20 |
| #13 Suggest that your nephew call the FBI and Homeland Security, too, Fantod. The local guys aren't necessarily as aware of these things as we are here. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-07-19 21:10 |
| #12 My nephew, who works in a national chain store in Mandeville, reported to his dad that a man of Middle Eastern descent recently purchased 25 prepaid, disposable, cell phones , for cash. He thought it fairly odd and reported it to the local sheriff's office; they treated him as if he was a nut. Seems fishy to me. |
| Posted by: Fantod 2006-07-19 20:02 |
| #11 DuPont spinner, gets fish, gah-ron-teed. Wooo Weee. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul in Nikolaevsk, Alaska 2006-07-19 15:04 |
| #10 Hahahah SnowPerson. Beat me to it. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-07-19 12:14 |
| #9 Al Qaeda knows about this, thus counter-terrorism officials are trying to found out who made the Lake Pontchartrain bomb. Question that SHOULD be asked is ... who make Lake Pontchartrain! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-07-19 11:51 |
| #8 Gives a whole new meaning to the term "floater." |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-07-19 11:47 |
| #7 Carbide and dynamite fishing are popular among certain groups - saves on the time involved. Of course, it is illegal as all hell. And when da game warden was through saying that, Boudreaux went and lit another stick of dynamite, handed it to the game warden and said "Do you wanna talk or do you wanna fish?" |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2006-07-19 11:14 |
| #6 Yup Anonymoose that was what I was thinking when I read the headline. :)) |
| Posted by: djohn66 2006-07-19 11:09 |
| #5 Well obviously it was one of the bombs used to breach the levy and flood New Orleans. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-19 11:03 |
| #4 If it floats then it must be PVC or similar and meant to be purely concussive. |
| Posted by: Wheasing Phaimp7918 2006-07-19 11:00 |
| #3 Carbide and dynamite fishing are popular among certain groups - saves on the time involved. Of course, it is illegal as all hell. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-07-19 10:57 |
| #2 Maybe someone was 'fishing' and misplaced their 'lure'. |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-07-19 10:50 |
| #1 Haven't seen anything here. Could have been just a piece of July 4 fireworks that didn't go off maybe. |
| Posted by: glenmore 2006-07-19 10:41 |