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New Mexico fairgrounds emptied after low levels of radiation found
CNN ^
| 11/18/06
| CNN
Posted on 11/18/2006 6:57:25 PM PST by melt
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CNN) -- About 500 people were evacuated from the New Mexico State Fairgrounds Expo as a precaution Saturday evening after low levels of radiation were detected, police said.
A Geiger counter registered the presence of radiation after two objects were discovered at the 236-acre fairgrounds in the heart of Albuquerque, said Lt. Juan Martinez, a spokesman for New Mexico state police.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: albuquerque; albuquerquecell; dirtybomb; radiation; rop; trop; wot
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Sounds innocent enough--- nuclear material for medical purposes & plumbing found under a car in "what appeared" to be a pipe bomb & paint can...
WTF?!?!
ROP trial run?
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posted on
11/18/2006 6:57:26 PM PST
by
melt
To: melt
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:02:12 PM PST
by
CindyDawg
To: melt
I wonder who was at the fair checking for radiation?
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:02:54 PM PST
by
blam
To: melt
Got too close to florescent lights or smoke alarms.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:03:06 PM PST
by
taxesareforever
(Never forget Matt Maupin)
To: melt
Sounds like a terror attack averted. Radioactive pipe bomb at a fairground. That is an expected scenario.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:04:13 PM PST
by
garjog
(Used to be liberals were just people to disagree with. Now they are a threat to our existence.)
To: blam
Obviously someone had a reason to be checking for radiation under parked vehicles......
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:04:35 PM PST
by
ARealMothersSonForever
(We shall never forget the atrocities of September 11, 2001.)
To: melt
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:04:41 PM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
(Democrats don't have a plan)
To: melt
Isn't New Mexico one of the states that we've tested bombs in? Maybe the level they recorded is the norm for that part of the state.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:06:13 PM PST
by
bws53
To: melt
To: bws53
Isn't New Mexico one of the states that we've tested bombs in? Maybe the level they recorded is the norm for that part of the state. I thought there were plenty of old uranium mines out there too.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:07:23 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: blam
here is a snip-"A Geiger counter registered the presence of radiation after two objects were discovered at the 236-acre fairgrounds".
The bombs were marked "nuclear" and "Cobalt", after Cobalt-57
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:08:23 PM PST
by
ARealMothersSonForever
(We shall never forget the atrocities of September 11, 2001.)
To: bws53
Background radiation would most likely be accounted for. This is in central Albuquerque. The Trinity site is quite a ways south east of Albuquerque.
This is concerning because the fairgrounds are just down the street from the national labs and Air Force base.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:09:10 PM PST
by
ican'tbelieveit
(Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
To: bws53
Ground zero for our nuclear tests was White Sands Missile range, NM.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:09:40 PM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: bws53
Only one atomic bomb has ever been tested in the atmosphere in New Mexico and that was the Trinity Test on what is now the White Sands Missile Range.
I've been out to Trinity and the radiation levels are at or slightly above background norms.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:10:30 PM PST
by
COEXERJ145
(Just one day without polls would be nice.)
To: melt
The question is, what kind of radiation was detected, alpha,beta or gamma and in what ratio?
factoid: A granite countertop is detectabe with a Geiger counter.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:11:11 PM PST
by
IYAAYAS
(Live free or die trying)
To: melt
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:12:12 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(When true genius appears, know him by this sign: all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.)
To: ARealMothersSonForever
"The bombs were marked "nuclear" and "Cobalt", after Cobalt-57"
Why do you call the objects 'bombs'?
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:12:18 PM PST
by
lawdude
(The dems see Wal-Mart as a bigger threat to the US than muslim terrorists)
To: lawdude
Perhaps I should read more careffully.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:13:23 PM PST
by
lawdude
(The dems see Wal-Mart as a bigger threat to the US than muslim terrorists)
To: IYAAYAS
"The objects, one appearing to be a pipe bomb and another that appeared to be a paint can". Factoid- most paint cans do not show much more than background. I have never personally checked a pipe bomb with a Geiger counter.
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:15:19 PM PST
by
ARealMothersSonForever
(We shall never forget the atrocities of September 11, 2001.)
To: rawcatslyentist
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posted on
11/18/2006 7:15:54 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(When true genius appears, know him by this sign: all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.)
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