Neighborhood Repeatedly Hit With Metal Debris.
08/07/2009 06:28
ROGERS - When Kevin
Montondo mows his yard, he puts on his
hardhat.
On some days, he
adds a camouflage down-lined coat, the closest
thing to Kevlar that he owns. It's a comedic
image until he pulls out the 5/8-inch nut that
fell on his car or the bits of rebar that hit
his house.
"What's hitting will literally kill you," Montondo said.
He collects the projectiles from his yard in Ziploc bags, an estimated 25 pounds so far. Some days there's more than a dozen nuts, bolts, marbles, ratchet bits and other hard, launchable objects. He finds most of them in the morning because the barrage comes at night - every night for the last two months.
Montondo said the Blackburn subdivision in southeast Rogers has been under a self-imposed lockdown since the assault began about two months ago. At the peak of summer vacation, the neighborhood's nearly 30 children are nowhere to be seen because there is no telling when the metal will fall. The earliest Montondo has noticed it was 11 a.m., but debris was also reported hitting at 4:17 a.m. After dark, the falling objects can seem like a hailstorm.
"The night the rebar was coming in, it was like it was raining," he said.
Details here.
SINC SAYS:
Wow, talk about needing a hard hat in the back yard.
"What's hitting will literally kill you," Montondo said.
He collects the projectiles from his yard in Ziploc bags, an estimated 25 pounds so far. Some days there's more than a dozen nuts, bolts, marbles, ratchet bits and other hard, launchable objects. He finds most of them in the morning because the barrage comes at night - every night for the last two months.
Montondo said the Blackburn subdivision in southeast Rogers has been under a self-imposed lockdown since the assault began about two months ago. At the peak of summer vacation, the neighborhood's nearly 30 children are nowhere to be seen because there is no telling when the metal will fall. The earliest Montondo has noticed it was 11 a.m., but debris was also reported hitting at 4:17 a.m. After dark, the falling objects can seem like a hailstorm.
"The night the rebar was coming in, it was like it was raining," he said.
Details here.
SINC SAYS:
Wow, talk about needing a hard hat in the back yard.