- Technically, they use what is called a "disrupter", they don't blow it up, but the media isn't interested in accuracy as much as sensationalism. It is meant to "shock" the components and break the parts of the detonation mechanism or power supply. Think of being hit by a high velocity, heavy bean bag. No flame, not explosion, but lots of shocking power. Nancy Cooper wrote: - How do you blow something up and still end up with a piece of paper??? On Dec 24, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Glenn Nash wrote: - "Waynesboro police still don't know who left a suspicious device that resulted in an evacuation Friday in Waynesboro. The device, which resembled an explosive, turned out to be something used in "geocaching." ... King described the object as looking like a plastic Coke bottle that looked like aChristmas ball. A half-inch PVC pipe was inside the bottle. Both ends were capped." Read more: http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_11292662[1] Your friendly Missouri Geocache Review team, Glenn (*gln) &Reviewer of the Cache (RotC) **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching[2] Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw[3] Missouri land use policies --> www.MoCache.net[4] Mogeo forums -->http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php[5] "NGRLIST" --> //www.freelists.org/list/mga[6] **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching[7] Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw[8] Missouri land use policies --> www.MoCache.net[9] Mogeo forums -->http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php[10] "NGR LIST" --> //www.freelists.org/list/mga[11] --- Links --- 1 http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_11292662 2 //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching 3 http://tinyurl.com/87cqw 4 http://www.MoCache.net 5 http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php 6 //www.freelists.org/list/mga 7 //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching 8 http://tinyurl.com/87cqw 9 http://www.MoCache.net 10 http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php 11 //www.freelists.org/list/mga **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw Missouri land use policies --> www.MoCache.net Mogeo forums -->http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php "NGR LIST" --> //www.freelists.org/list/mga