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W.Va. post office explosion was popping light bulb
Associated Press ^
| 11/4/11
| Associated Press
Posted on 11/04/2011 3:10:06 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever
RANSON, W.Va. (AP) — A reported exploding package and spray of white powder that sent emergency units rushing to a small-town post office turned out to be just the pop of a malfunctioning fluorescent light bulb, authorities said Friday
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lightbulb
No wonder they fled. Mercury went everywhere.
To: stars & stripes forever
Somewhere, Jesse Jackson was startled, just like his appearance on MTP when a bulb popped.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:12:24 PM PDT
by
edpc
(My silence IS an answer)
To: stars & stripes forever
Did they lock down the schools and bring in the hazmat team?
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:15:15 PM PDT
by
slumber1
(Don't taze me bro!)
To: slumber1; stars & stripes forever
Yah! All of that mercury vapor is more dangerous than Anthrax spoors. Just ask Obama’s EPA guys shutting down all of Texas’ coal burning power plants.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:23:35 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Pontiac
I wonder if the ‘exploding fluorescent light bulb’ will be a common occurrence? There's one more month to get the 100 watt incandescent light bulb.
To: stars & stripes forever
I’ve had several of those stupid CFLs catch on fire and fill the house with lung-burning fumes. I hate those things.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:46:13 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(Hatred of those who think differently is the left's unifying principle.-Ralph Peters NY Post)
To: stars & stripes forever
Weegee shows us how it's done.
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posted on
11/04/2011 4:03:11 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
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posted on
11/04/2011 4:18:13 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: stars & stripes forever
Probably will be a common experience.
The glass is so thin and now that they are commonly used in lamps they will be coming in contact with floors much more often as children and clumsy adults will be knocking over lamps with compact florescent bulbs instead of incandescent lamps.
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posted on
11/04/2011 4:43:24 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: stars & stripes forever
I thought it was a terrorist act by the IBLF - the notorious Incandescent Bulb Liberation Front - I didn't realize this was just a florescent bulb committing suicide...
Free the Incandescent Bulbs!
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posted on
11/04/2011 5:20:17 PM PDT
by
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
To: El Cid
IBLFGreetings, brother! IBLF meeting tomorrow at location 1347, password "Tungsten." I scored a dozen gross of 100 W. Bring what you can. The warehouse is almost full. Action report nearly ready. Occupation of [censored] at 0600 Sunday. Thousands expected.
Incandescently yours, RWA. May the warm glow be upon you and upon your furniture.
Long live Edison.
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posted on
11/04/2011 5:33:59 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: El Cid
Ithought it was a terrorist act by the IBLF - the notorious Incandescent Bulb Liberation Front LOL
To: stars & stripes forever
B O O ! ! ! lmao!
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