I’m assuming that they ask you to shut off cell phones in blasting zones because they’re concerned that you may inadvertantly set off the charge.
Has this actually ever happened?
-Mike
Well, I’ve been Googling for a while, and I can’t find anything about “oopsies” in construction zones–all I can find is Israel/Palestine bomb stuff, under “cell phone detonated” and “cellular phone detonated”.
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Israel strikes back after university bombing
…Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, in which a bomb in a handbag exploded in a cafeteria at Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus. Israeli police said Thursday they believe the bomb was a remote-controlled device, which was triggered by a cellular telephone.
And…http://www.travelbygps.com/special/passover02/passover02.htm
VOL, 2, NO. 2
LARGE PALESTINIAN BOMB ATTEMPT BY REMOTE CONTROLLED CELLULAR PHONE THWARTED THIS MORNING IN MEA SHEARIM NEIGHBORHOOD IN JERUSALEM;
So evidently they’re not joking, when they say “turn off your cell phone”.