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08/04/08
A "smart" buoy that is part of the Capt. John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail at the mouth of the Patapsco River will be taken out of service and repaired after getting hit with what appears to gunshots, officials said. 
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A smart buoy on the Patapsco River had three of its four solar panels damaged by what appears to be bullets. The Coast Guard and Maryland Natural Resources Police are investigating.Find Us On Facebook
The $120,000 buoy, which took about 18 months to build, is powered by four solar panels, three of which were damaged by someone whose own tax dollars were used to build it. The top of the buoy was also damaged. The Coast Guard and Maryland Department of National Resources Police are investigating the incident. It was the third buoy deployed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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Are you kidding me? - 2008-08-05 01:50:01
$120,000 for an instrument to tell the weather in "real time?" How about sticking your head out the window for free. What a waste of my tax dollars.
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