[BC] Omaha detonates ham gear

[Rich Wood]

------ At 03:50 PM 3/3/2009, Jeff Frank wrote: -------

>What got me was they carried it out of the house and down to the fire
>station.

Many years ago I accidentally set off the Police, Fire and Bomb Squad 
alarms at WGBH, Boston. I had to get in to sign the station and 
network on. The security guard had just begun his rounds and left the 
security area door open. I pushed some funny sliding things that 
locked in place. I figured one of them would open the door.The lock 
was to prevent a miscreant from shutting the alarms off.  After 
finding those didn't open the door I pushed the rest and the door released.

Every safety service arrived. The bomb squad had a little trailer 
with what looked like a monster cannon ball covered with chains. Had 
there been a bomb they would have placed it inside this thing. It 
wouldn't have ridden in the front seat of the truck.

What made them overly cautious was the fact that we'd been receiving 
bomb threats when we started running "Say Brother." It was one of the 
first Black TV shows. We got so may threats that we were allowed to 
decide for ourselves whether or not to evacuate. Most of us stayed 
where we were.

I didn't hear about it until the next day. The guard was ready to 
take my head off. My boss was a 60's "radical" and thought it was the 
funniest thing he'd ever seen.  I kept the job.

Rich