White House on lockdown

[YarnAddict]

Unattended package found in Lafayette Park.

[mylye2222]

1. OMG. Hope it is nothing.

[YarnAddict]

2. Could be anything

How horrible that we live in a world where someone's forgotten lunch bag (or whatever) requires such a response.

[Raine1967]

3. Local radio just said all roads are open around Lafayette park.

from the Traffic report.

Sounds like it is all clear.

[YarnAddict]

4. That's a relief. n/t

[TexasProgresive]

5. Seems to be going around, yesterday in Atlanta

http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/downtown/2015/02/02/downtown-connector-suspicious-package/22754551/
ATLANTA -- Authorities closed Interstate 75/85 and 14th Street to investigate a suspicious package Monday afternoon.

Traffic was halted on both northbound and southbound lanes of the Downtown Connector, and also on the east and west lanes of 14th Street, just before 2 p.m.

Atlanta police say that what appeared to be a cylindrical object of some type was found taped to the outside of the 14th Street Bridge -- on the south side of the bridge over the northbound lanes.

[YarnAddict]

6. Now that is scary

Do you know what it turned out to be?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

7. well, they blew it up and haven't told us much more

or i just might have missed it. based on reports by a worker in the area there was a note that said, "Slow motion video. Do not remove until Spring" on the 'device'. It kind of makes since as there is a school for video production very nearby. Perhaps someone should have alerted the authorities that they were going to be making a movie over the downtown connector!

sP

[YarnAddict]

8. "The cops blew up my homework"

Now, that would be a unique excuse!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

10. I hadn't thought about that...

that's a good one to try!

sP

[TexasProgresive]

9. I saw it reported on the news last night. I'm not seeing any updates.

They didn't know what it was, but int he article I posted it was determined to be non-explosive. It may've been a prank but if anyone wants to create havoc all they have to do is tape a suspicious object to a bridge or throw a package on the W.H. lawn. It doesn't have to be anything dangerous.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

11. the thing on the bridge DID turn out to be a camera

put there (along with 17 others at various points around the city) by a Georgia State student as part of a film project.

sP