The Boston Bombings Have Made Philly Skittish

Boston’s not that far away from Philly, or that different, so of course people are on edge here after Monday’s bombings. This just came across my Twitter feed:

Unattended backpack cleared by investigation by @phillypolice Bomb Squad at 3rd & Federal St #3rdPoliceDistrict twitter.com/PPDMikeDuffy/s…

— P/O Michael Duffy (@PPDMikeDuffy) April 17, 2013

There was this, earlier, presumably because of beefed up transit security. No news has developed otherwise.

Anyone know what’s going on at Suburban Station? Friend who works in the building tells me Homeland Security is surrounding.

— Nick Marzano (@nmarzano) April 17, 2013

And heck, I even got in on the act myself:

Why are police horses out on Walnut? twitter.com/joelmmathis/st…

— Joel Mathis (@joelmmathis) April 17, 2013

Little rule of thumb: Unless police are actively evacuating you from a scene, they may be hanging around … just because.