Monday, January 25, 2010

False Alarm

Strange to see the Bomb Squad van parked by the Four Moors...
...and a helicopter of the “Guardia di Finanza” hovering nearby.

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25 comments:

  1. Luis GomezJanuary 25, 2010 at 12:59 AM

    Good thing nothing happened. ;)

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  2. Debbie Courson SmithJanuary 25, 2010 at 2:58 AM

    We have a lot of those "false alarms," too. Must be good practice.

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  3. LowellJanuary 25, 2010 at 3:43 AM

    Someone must have called in a bomb threat?

    Good to see that you have the proper response teams in place!

    I like that helicopter photo - and the blue sky!

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  4. JamesJanuary 25, 2010 at 4:52 AM

    Hi Poet! I'm glad to see these pictures instead of smoldering ruins. I wonder why they thought there was a bomb?

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  5. Leif HagenJanuary 25, 2010 at 5:26 AM

    Glad it was a false alarm! Phew! Happy Monday to you, VP!

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  6. DinaJanuary 25, 2010 at 7:20 AM

    Oh yeah, that looks familiar...
    Glad yours was a false alarm.
    So you have Finance Police?

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  7. KaoriJanuary 25, 2010 at 7:22 AM

    Wonder what triggered all that???

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  8. tapirgalJanuary 25, 2010 at 7:52 AM

    Sometimes the title is sooooooo important! I read a book one time called, "Now All We Need Is A Title." This thought reminded me of it. It's about famous books and movies and how the titles were created or changed by the author or publisher. I don't remember what "Jaws" was originally called, but it certainly wouldn't have sold as many copies! Anyway, "False Alarm" says a lot!

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  9. stromsjoJanuary 25, 2010 at 8:15 AM

    Also, the monument does have a piracy connection - right?

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  10. HildaJanuary 25, 2010 at 9:20 AM

    Seeing these would have me running away from the scene as far as possible. I might not even stop for photos! You are a very brave man. Glad it was a false alarm! And great captures!

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  11. jooJanuary 25, 2010 at 9:34 AM

    Good to hear it was a false alarm!
    Have a nice week ahead:)

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  12. Elaine YimJanuary 25, 2010 at 9:51 AM

    Looks like the real thing though.

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  13. Cezar and LéiaJanuary 25, 2010 at 12:06 PM

    I hope it was a false alarm indeed.I liked a lot the second shot, it's great!!!
    Hugs
    Léia

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  14. Rob SiemannJanuary 25, 2010 at 12:42 PM

    Was Berlusconi around?

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    Good to know someone is out there keeping everything under control. :)

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  16. LoisJanuary 25, 2010 at 7:22 PM

    Better to be safe than sorry! A couple of schools around here had bomb threats last week. Maybe some students trying to get out of taking a test!

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  17. VPJanuary 25, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    @ tapirgal - You are right, I liked the picture and the title. Probably the van was just parked there, Police Headquarters is not far.
    Not much activity around and nothing on local papers, so it was just a nice photo op.

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  18. IlseJanuary 25, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    What excitement!

    Once we had the bomb squad come to my street! The reason being was in the basement of a home, while emptying the junk of decades because the home was being sold, a WWII live grenade was found in the basement! A mystery. How or why? Imagine all those years with a live grenade? It was in the news.

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  19. cieldequimperJanuary 25, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    I'm sure if something had been up it would have been at that magnificent airport...

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  20. crocrodylJanuary 25, 2010 at 8:49 PM

    I like this helicopter - it looks a little bit like from a fairytale:).
    BTW: I see you have a beautiful weather! So nice...:)
    Regards,
    m_m

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  21. Rob SiemannJanuary 25, 2010 at 9:15 PM

    VP, my link is fixed, thanks for telling me!

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  22. Stefan JanssonJanuary 26, 2010 at 12:30 AM

    A bit different from the Swedish police helicopters. And it's nice to see a blue sky!

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  23. UnknownJanuary 26, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    If even the Four Moors can't be trusted we're living in world gone mad :)

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  24. UnknownJanuary 27, 2010 at 7:51 PM

    And, once again, you were there! :-)))

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  25. merrytaitJanuary 28, 2010 at 10:53 PM

    A little excitement? Or just the normal run of the mill? Pretty though, in either case.

    We used to have bomb scares all the time.

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