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Home Front: WoT
Locks Cut To Boston Water Supply Aqueduct
2013-06-05
Hat tip Gateway Pundit.
The padlocks to hatches of an aqueduct outside of Boston that supplies drinking water to the metropolitan area were found cut Monday, leading to local concerns after there was a trespassing incident. Officials say the drinking water does not appear to have been tampered with.
Did the 'officials' stand there at the press conference and each drink a glass in front of the reporters?
The CBS affiliate is reporting the details, noting that three padlocks were cut from separate access hatches located at approximately half-mile intervals along the aqueduct. Police say there is evidence of an attempt to cut a fourth lock.

State Police are investigating, though they say “there is no evidence of any crime other than vandalism.”
Because lock-cutting at the local aqueduct is a high school graduation rite of passage, ya know...
The MWRA says it doesnÂ’t appear anyone tried to tamper with the water supply and there does not appear to be any contamination or changes in water quality.

Last month, State Police stepped up patrols at public water supplies after seven people were caught trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir in Belchertown.
Seven people. Chemical engineering students, remember? From Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Singapore?
Posted by:Steve White

#18  Nation's drinking water system needs $384B upgrade
Posted by: Skidmark   2013-06-05 23:44  

#17  
Posted by: Otto Flenter6546   2013-06-05 22:36  

#16  Agreed, Steve S, but I think the True Believers(tm) want bloodshed and death, not just scaring people.
Posted by: BA   2013-06-05 20:51  

#15  Nerve agents are unpleasant even in very small concentrations. Don't know about water solubility.

Something introduced into the water system would not have to be toxic to cause a panic - just change the taste, smell or color. Terrorism is all about theater and media.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-06-05 20:45  

#14  Authorities could find 3 dead camels, 2 hooka pipes and a well read Koran floating in the reservoir and still not have a clue who popped the locks.
Posted by: Airandee   2013-06-05 20:34  

#13  a few hundred gallons of raw sewage might do it.
Posted by: abu do you love   2013-06-05 19:59  

#12  What, and how much of it, could they put in that much water that wouldn't be diluted too much to kill people (or even make them really sick)?
Posted by: Barbara   2013-06-05 19:42  

#11  Rob: So true. But, I'm *more* worried about actual health impacts, or even death. "Thinning the herd" in Boston by just shutting down the water supply may not be tooooo bad .
Posted by: BA   2013-06-05 19:30  

#10  They vote for what they are getting. At every level. Enjoy!
Posted by: M. Murcek   2013-06-05 19:29  

#9  I'm trying to think of something you could put in the Boston water supply that would make Boston a worse place to live than it already is. Coming up blank.
Posted by: Injun Lover of the Brontosaurs3177   2013-06-05 17:41  

#8  BA -- they don't have contaminate the water supply. They could just shut it down. Or even just CLAIM to have contaminated the supply.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2013-06-05 16:02  

#7  Here in a small town north of Atlanta, there was a break-in and tampering with disinfection chemicals about a month ago. 400 folks were told to boil water. My thought is, it'll take a LOT of something to impact Boston MWRA (unless it's something really nasty, then I'm hopeful of user error before it enters water supply), but why won't they hit small water suppliers (like this one in GA).
Posted by: BA   2013-06-05 15:40  

#6  
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-06-05 13:27  

#5  It's our most European city.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2013-06-05 13:22  

#4  So what's with the sudden jihadi fixation on Boston?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2013-06-05 13:17  

#3  Didn't the Stephen King book 'Dreamcatcher' involve someone going to dump something into the Boston water supply?

so they will blame it in extra-terrestrials ....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-06-05 12:07  

#2  Sort of like the lone wolf Tsarnaev.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2013-06-05 11:45  

#1  One day they'll be holding a press conference under a mushroom cloud saying "now let's not be hasty about saying it's terrorism...."

Or worse, "we always admitted the nuking was terrorism. But we're sure it was just the work of a few lone wolves..."
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2013-06-05 11:37  

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