Oh no Mr. Bill. They blew up the thermometer!

This past week has been a tough one with many severe storms in the region. As Friday arrived I was really dragging and looking forward to some time at home with less humid air this weekend. Then we ran the following story about state police blowing up some weather instruments. It really made me laugh!! Oh the humanity.

The suspicious device blown up by a State Police Bomb Squad Thursday evening turned out to be a weather station. It happened outside the Medical Office Building on the east side of Lewis Gale Medical Center. We were told a visitor contacted authorities after seeing a suspicious object hanging from a tree. Authorities brought out a robot to check it. The device was blown up around 7:00 p.m. At no time was the hospital or any other buildings at Lewis Gale evacuated. Friday afternoon, Salem Police said the package was actually a remote weather station. A hospital employee had attached it to the tree and used putty to weather-proof it. Police say no criminal charges will be filed.