Weather station mistaken for bomb

By at 4:43 pm Tuesday, Jul 31

A bomb-squad recently blew up a "suspicious looking box" mounted to a tree near the Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Roanoke, Virgina. Turned out that the "bomb" was actually an amateur weather station placed there by an employee of the Center. From the Roanoke Times:
An employee had placed a putty-like substance around the box to make it weather proof.

The investigation is concluded and no criminal charges will be filed.
Link (Thanks, Paul Saffo!)

David Pescovitz

Collector of anomalies, esoterica, and curiosities.

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