An interesting thing happened last night around 11. I was at Barriques playing cribbage with friends, just like most every Wednesday and we were slowly funneling out when my brother Nick calls me. Nick left Barriques just a few minutes ago, so I figured it was something bad. Nick tells me between laughs that Bill should move his car. Apparently a suspected explosive device was found at the parking ramp across the street from St. Raphael church on South Fairchild. The police had the area taped off the parking ramp and there were squad cars blocking some streets. Bill talked to the cops about getting his car out of there, but they told him they’d have to check things out first. Bill was able to get his car two hours later.
Bill didn’t like cops before this, so this really didn’t help his perception of law enforcement. It just had to happen to Bill.
Even more interesting is this release which seems to imply that there WAS a bomb at a different parking ramp:
http://www.cityofmadison.com/wsc/pdpress.wsc/pdpressrelease
“On 11/22/05 at approximately 8:45 a.m. a county ramp employee notified law enforcement of a suspicious object on the 6th floor of the Dane County Parking Ramp. The county parking ramp is located at the intersection of Fairchild, W. Main and W. Doty Streets. Personnel from Madison Police, Dane County Sheriff’s Office and ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives) responded to the scene. The Dane County Sheriff’s Explosive Ordinance Team rendered an explosive device safe. The scene was cleared safe at approximately 2:00 p.m.”
Comment by RDS — Sunday 27 November, 2005 @ 14:44