'Suspicious Devices' the New Norm?

[WhiskeyGirl]

Are suspicious packages/devices the new norm in America?  A warning for Americans?  Were there this many prior to Obama?

This was Friday afternoon in Illinois -

"Andre Wrenn, a conductor on the Metra train, said he was alerted by a passenger in the third car from the rear of the train. The passenger had stepped into the bathroom at the Lombard stop and found the suspicious package placed between the handicap handrails and wall in the bathroom. Wren said the passenger told him, “It’s just didn’t look right.”

Wrenn described the suspicious package as two glass tubes with a lead pipe connecting them and wires coming out."

http://geneva.patch.com/articles/video-interview-bomb-squad-action-caused-metra-train-evacuation-friday


January 11, 2011 story - "Bomb Scare in Macy's Parking Garage Evacuates Area in Downtown Salem"

"Officers responded to a report of a suspicious package located on the first floor parking structure of 'Macy's', 400 High St. NE. Responding officers found a duffel bag with an antenna sticking out of, which had been reported by a store employee."

What made this call unusual was the description of the device; Lt. Jim Anglemier told Salem-News.com. The suspect went to some effort to make the suspected bomb look real.

"The suspicious package had been made to look like an actual explosive device by an unknown person's."

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january112011/macys-bomb.php

[WhiskeyGirl]

ARAPAHOE COUNTY - The public parking lot at the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office was closed Monday afternoon after a suspicious device was found.
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The Arapahoe County Bomb Squad was investigating after a security guard who does building-to-building inspections noticed a device with wires attached to the fuel pump on a security vehicle around 4 p.m.

The security guard drove the vehicle straight to the sheriff's office after she noticed the device.

http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=174860&catid=346


1-1-2011  "Suspicious device leads to Moorpark HS evacuation"

Ventura County sheriff's Capt. Frank O'Hanlon says the bomb squad determined it was a hoax device and the school returned to normal operations at 9:10 a.m. Tuesday.

A maintenance worker discovered the device, which had an electronic timer attached, partially buried in a planter outside the school's performing arts center at 7:33 a.m. The Ventura County Star was first to report the emergency.

http://**/breaking-news/ci_17065554

It was reportedly constructed to look like a bomb with a piece of plastic PVC pipe, a timer and wires, he said.

Read more: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jan/11/suspicious-device-spurs-evacuation-at-moorpark/#ixzz1BCZwezBI
- vcstar.com