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Posted on 07/11/2004 12:55:04 AM PDT by JustPiper
Picture credit: TheCabal
"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"
LUCKY THREAD NUMBER:
HOMELAND INSECURITY
Backup electrical systems failed to kick in
A mysterious power failure at Logan Airport that delayed dozens of flights for more than five hours has still not been explained six days later.
Airport officials insist airline security was not compromised during the blackout Monday at Logan International's Terminal E, but backup electrical systems failed to kick in as they are programmed under such circumstances.
We are the "Stotters" who make ourselves aware of the enemy who wishes to do us harm
Meet It!
Greet It!
Defeat It!
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Whenever you all get a chance, book mark to read this one: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1172126/posts "Terror in the Skies, Again?"
Click through to read the WHOLE article. Long but GREAT read.
"Okaly Dokaly neighborette!"
Ned Flanders -- The Simpsons
Far as I know we here were the only ones to put that VA town together last year, so its a good giveaway, at least a lurker, which mean IMO he shoulda passed out 200 free copies of Osama's Revenge -g-
You mean Tappahannock, VA?
I think TM put it on the map...LOL
ChitChat ChitChat Mercy me...nanana
lunch, do chores and pull weeds.
Look You are having your . and doing weed
Cal is standing on a virtual corner selling her wares
I at this point have completely lost my mind
Poor D-Wife, well...slow on the uptake than shares my breakdown...
And to top it off Swarthy wants to join the female rat pack!
Richard Harris
ALERT ALERT - BOSTON Area.
I do know for a fact that the town of Randolph has a significanat Pakistani population, consisting of hardliners and nurtured by a hardline mosque in the area.
This MO is similar to that of the Madrid Cells. Find an unwitting accomplice.......
http://enterprise.southofboston.com/articles/2004/07/15/news/news/news05.txt
Cache of explosives detonated in Randolph
By Lauren Daley, Enterprise special correspondent
RANDOLPH The discovery of explosives in the Stacy Street home of an 84-year-old man prompted the evacuation of about 60 nearby residents Wednesday night.
Authorities detonated the explosives, including ammunition and devices used by railroads, at around 10 p.m., about 3 1/3 hours after the man's family discovered the items in his bedroom and called 911.
Fire Capt. Albert J. Karsay said investigators are now trying to learn why the items were in the house and for how long.
"We have no idea," Karsay said. "It is still under investigation."
Randolph Fire Chief Charles Foley said the granddaughter of the elderly man at 46 Stacy St. called 911 at 6:24 p.m. to report finding the items. The man was hospitalized at the time, he said.
The man was identified by neighbors and through the street listing as Leo Lucente.
Foley said it was unclear what if any charges might be lodged.
Karsay said the woman found the explosives in the bedroom, put them in a box and carried them outside to the back yard.
"None of it was labeled but it looked hazardous to her," he said. "That's why she called 911."
After officials arrived and evaluated the situation, between 18 to 20 homes on Stacy Street and four on nearby Jane Street were evacuated, he said.
Stacy and June streets are densely settled residential neighborhoods of mostly ranch and Cape-style homes between High and North Main streets in the north end of town.
"It is a post-World War II neighborhood," Karsay said.
Thelma Cabral, a neighbor, said residents were stunned when they were told to leave. "We were very surprised," she said. "We couldn't believe it."
She said Lucente, hospitalized since Sunday, is a nice man who often walks through the neighborhood. She said she didn't know where he had worked before retiring.
Foley described the items as "incendiary devices, ammunition and a multitude of devices used by railroads as explosives ... also what was possibly suspected to be black powder."
The elderly man's granddaughter declined comment.
Foley said the neighbors were allowed back into their homes at about 10:25 p.m. after the items were detonated and that state officials deemed the area "no hazard to the immediate area or neighbors."
The explosives were placed in the back of a Department of Public Works dump truck, covered in dirt and taken to an old Nike missile site on the edge of the Blue Hills Reservation off Route 24, where they were blown up.
Foley said Randolph police officers; Randolph, Canton and Braintree firefighters, the Massachusetts Special Hazard team and the state police bomb squad responded to the situation.
Firefighters from Holbrook and Avon assisted in manning the fire stations.
Lauren Daley can be reached at
Whoops.... sorry. Wasn't addressed to me. I love movie trivia tho.
LOL!!!!!!!! FREE COPIES WOULD BE NICE...
>>Swarthy wants to join the female rat pack!
Only if get to play the role of cheese.
See you have an excellent noggin, unlike mine
The " Imbecilic Short-term memory, forget to take my ginko for memory, pms,cfs,ibs,blaminMen for every female ill,MENtalillneess-MENopause-HISterical HISterectomy"
Was this old guy a Mason?
I got one once asking if I was Condi Rice. Go figure that one! Condi is one smart lady! Wish I had her brains!
No idea but radio reported far more than one box - the paper only says one box. Go figger.
LOL Piper...reminds me of my wife when we were told she was pregnant.
The Dr told her she would be cantankerous, hormonal, and hard to deal with, and she replied :
"you mean I've been pregnant all my life"
I almost died of laughter that day....lol
This should be on Leno Monday Headlines!
Handing D-Wife her free copy
A true American Oxymoron , right click on the properties for this puppy!
I don't eat no stinkin' cheese,
"I" am a Meatatarian!
I will refrain from making any wisenheimer remarks based on that softball you just tossed out.
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