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PORTION OF THE MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY SHUT DOWN DUE TO PRESSURE COOKER NEAR ROAD, LATER DEEMED SAFE
abc 7 new york ^ | 9-21-16

Posted on 09/21/2016 4:30:50 PM PDT by doug from upland

MOTT HAVEN, Bronx (WABC) -- A portion of the Major Deegan Expressway is shut down in the Bronx after a suspicious package was found near the roadway. Less than an hour later, the all clear was given by police.

The package, which police said is a pressure cooker, was found at 5:35 p.m. near East 134th Street and Alexander Avenue in the Mott Haven section. This area runs under the highway.

Police said no wires or cellphone were found inside the device.

The Major Deegan is closed from the RFK Bridge to Willis Avenue (exit 2).

Police sent the bomb squad to the scene who later found that there was no danger.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bombscare; bronx; nyc; pressurecooker; terror; urban
They can be doing this a hundred times a day and shut down traffic around the country
1 posted on 09/21/2016 4:30:50 PM PDT by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland

Anywhere from $5 to $10 dollars at the Goodwill and Salvation Army stores.


2 posted on 09/21/2016 4:31:50 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Bill and Hillary for ADX Supermax!)
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To: doug from upland

More gun control would have prevented this! /s


3 posted on 09/21/2016 4:36:55 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Rebelbase
Maybe I'm confused or stupid. My knowledge of science and chemistry ends at boiling a pot of water.

How does a bomb explode in a pressure cooker, when it's not plugged in and the ingredients are inert?

Is there a reaction that causes it to explode? And with the lid on tight, wouldn't the lid stay locked on?

4 posted on 09/21/2016 4:40:00 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I believe the locked lid allows explosives to build more pressure before the whole thing blows apart. Same reason a pipe with threaded caps is good for a bomb.


5 posted on 09/21/2016 4:43:50 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: doug from upland

I fear a terrorist attack via intentionally stopped traffic on a highway leaving motorists to be easy targets.


6 posted on 09/21/2016 4:45:00 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: doug from upland

Hmmmm ..?? Was this one of the bombs that didn’t get set up; so they just took it away and discarded it ..??

Any fingerprints available ..??


7 posted on 09/21/2016 4:47:37 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("Peace Through Strength")
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To: doug from upland

I was on the Major Deegan a few weeks ago and traffic was at a dead stop. Seems traffic is always shut down there even without pressure cookers.


8 posted on 09/21/2016 4:47:54 PM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: doug from upland

I wonder if pressure cookers are still on the market?


9 posted on 09/21/2016 4:49:07 PM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: CatOwner

No, we need more pressure cooker control!


10 posted on 09/21/2016 4:49:17 PM PDT by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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To: CyberAnt

don’t know


11 posted on 09/21/2016 4:55:28 PM PDT by doug from upland (She is evil, corrupt, and brain damaged.)
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To: bramps

Yep. Sitting ducks


12 posted on 09/21/2016 4:59:33 PM PDT by doug from upland (She is evil, corrupt, and brain damaged.)
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To: doug from upland

Yup. Even the weird little pajamaboyz can have their fun paralyzingly the country.


13 posted on 09/21/2016 5:03:20 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: bramps; All
I fear a terrorist attack via intentionally stopped traffic on a highway leaving motorists to be easy targets.

Read the book. Schools and highway travelers are the targets. If the American people and members of Congress read this book, the refugee invasion would stop.

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It's coming to a school and interstate highway near you.

14 posted on 09/21/2016 5:09:10 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: doug from upland

People should need to submit a 4473 in order to purchase a pressure cooker.


15 posted on 09/21/2016 5:17:40 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Proudly deplorable since 2016.)
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To: InABunkerUnderSF

We actually had to order the pressure cooker from the only local store that sells them and wait a month for it to arrive. Yes they do blow up. That is why we had to scrape the bean soup off the kitchen ceiling and then repaint with kills.
There is a safety valve that blows out and the insides go straight up through the small hole. The lid stayed on but the bottom of the pot became convex.


16 posted on 09/21/2016 5:36:42 PM PDT by cotton (one way, one truth, the life.)
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To: doug from upland

Stupid terrorists. You put pork shoulders in the pressure cooker, not nails. Oh wait, that was insensitive./s


17 posted on 09/21/2016 6:02:43 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The “pressure cooker” part enhances an explosive by containing the pressure of the blast until it reaches a higher-than-normal level, then the increased pressure is released suddenly by the pressure cooker structural integrity failing suddenly. Otherwise the explosive comes apart earlier, reducing the blast’s potential.

Think:
- blow air (from your mouth)
- blow air into a balloon until it pops
Notice the difference.


18 posted on 09/21/2016 7:11:42 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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