Posted on 11/02/2004 1:41:44 PM PST by keats5
Potentially Hazardous Truck Reported Stolen In Ohio Truck Vanished Late Monday Or Early Tuesday
POSTED: 1:49 pm EST November 2, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus police said Tuesday that they were searching for an American Electric Power truck that was apparently stolen late Monday or early Tuesday.
The truck disappeared from the area of Marion Road and South Champion Avenue, police said.
Police were searching for the truck because it apparently has materials inside that could be hazardous, WCMH-TV reported.
The truck has Ohio license plate No. PBU-8474. The van is tan-colored, 22 feet long, and has an AEP logo on it, police said. Copyright 2004 by NewsNet5. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Dang! So does my car. Several gallons of gasoline...
I wouldn't worry..........
Nothing on wheels is safe in the hood.
It'll turn up.
Rumors are that the truck was carrying three bags of used electrons, that terrorists could use to illegally enter the power distribution system.
More union activity?
Truck has been found.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1243381/posts?q=1&&page=4001
See post 4023
Hannity said earlier that a GOP headquarters in Ohio had lost power. Things that make you go hmmmmmmm....
Never mind the "hazardous materials." There is something up with our electric power distribution network. There have been at least two sabotage incidents; Philadelphia is without power right now; and there have been "swarthy guys" hanging around high-voltage towers for the past several weeks.
Just having possession of this truck could give the Bad Guys access to someplace that we don't need them to go.
Truck has been recovered, see my post #5.
Minus the wheels and radio.
I was going to guess a Krispy Kremes truck.
LOL! It had some "acid core batteries".
Granted, you don't want to get battery acid spilled on ya, it IS nasty stuff.
Nevertheless, it's also a bit of an overreaction, IMHO.
They found the van, the hazardous material was batteries that were not tied down in the van.
My very first Real Job was in a telco central office. As the newbie, I got the task of keeping the backup batteries healthy (big lead-acid batteries, about the size of a CRT monitor). After the first time, the shirt I had worn came out of the washing machine full of holes. So that became my shirt for doing the batteries. By the time another new guy took my place as the newbie, there was hardly anything left of that shirt.
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