[Sean Osborne Lomax]

Yes, I remember. It was the SS Palermo Senator. The ship actually made it into the NY/NJ port area and that's when radiological detectors went off. It was haul-assed back out to the open ocean while a nuke quick reaction team searched the ship.

By the way.... for anybody living near the coast, keep your eyes peeled for helicopters with a tethered device of some type (ie: a helo with a long rope and a funnny shaped object attacked to it). I suspect this is a new method of scanning ships that are on an approach to our coasts and ports. They may be scanned in this manner while they are still some distance out at sea. Just a hunch I have. Nothing concrete.

[thecabal]

By the way.... for anybody living near the coast, keep your eyes peeled for helicopters with a tethered device of some type (ie: a helo with a long rope and a funnny shaped object attacked to it). I suspect this is a new method of scanning ships that are on an approach to our coasts and ports. They may be scanned in this manner while they are still some distance out at sea. Just a hunch I have. Nothing concrete.

Odd you mention that. That triggered me to remember something I saw a few months ago at work. I saw a chopper flying over with a long tether and a ball at the bottom. At first I thought it was a water basket for fire fighting. But it was way too small for that, not to mention wildfire season was long over. I thought it was puzzling, but I didn't really give it a second thought until now. I happen to be in NW Oregon, so I am not too far from the coast.