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To: JustPiper

Thanks very much for the info. I will check it out.

Thanks,


4,143 posted on 03/02/2005 4:23:41 PM PST by tmp02 (Don't come to the US. We too are dipping our bullets in pig's blood)
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Calif. Man Sets Off Nuclear Alert Detector

ESCONDIDO, Calif. - A man who recently had received radiation treatment for a medical condition set off a nuclear alert detector on a fire engine, prompting police to close down a roadway in Escondido while authorities searched for a nuclear weapon.

The Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District engine crew's radiation monitor sounded Tuesday when the man and his friend walked past the crew on their way to fill a gas can.

The Nuke Alert monitor sounded again as the men walked back to their vehicle.

Firefighters notified the San Diego County Sheriff's Department after they drove by the men's vehicle and the monitor sounded a third time.

Sheriff's deputies pulled over the driver and detained him and his passenger for about one hour while they confirmed that the man was not carrying a nuclear weapon and that he had received radiation treatment, according to Sgt. Robert Healey.

The man was described as a Valley Center resident in his late 40s or early 50s. His name and medical condition were not released.

The radiation monitor was purchased with Homeland Defense Department grant money and is used 24 hours a day on each fire truck in the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District, according to Capt. Dale Mosby.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050302/ap_on_fe_st/nuclear_alert_scare_1


4,145 posted on 03/02/2005 4:32:24 PM PST by wakingup
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To: tmp02

You are very welcome


4,598 posted on 03/05/2005 4:00:52 PM PST by JustPiper (NoE-the Enemy !!!)
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