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Evacuation of Capital now! (Update: FNC: White House Secret Service gives all clear signal)
Fox News

Posted on 05/11/2005 9:06:58 AM PDT by pitinkie

Capital and WH being evacuated.."full running evac"


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: airraid; dc; evacuation; falsealarm; nationalsecurity; terroristattack; violationofairspace; washingtondc
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To: pitinkie

CSPAN is showing a previous tape--not live.

Too bad we can't see the CongressCritters in action. [I'd bet they are in the process of changing their clothes before returning to the chambers.]


301 posted on 05/11/2005 9:26:56 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: aShepard
heart attack whilst rapidly mobilizing those cankles

cankers or ankles?

302 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:01 AM PDT by alrea (HELP WANTED: U.N. seeks experienced piecekeepers for work worldwide; overnight travel required.)
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To: pitinkie

Wow...time flies. My oldest worked on the restoration of the Pentagon after 9-11, and just had a big meeting with Homeland Security for future project. He spent alot of time up in DC...looks like he will be going back.


303 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:03 AM PDT by Jackie-O
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To: pitinkie
White House Secret Service gives all clear signal

Never mind.

304 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:04 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: mhking

I bet if they blow one of these idiots out of the skies one of these times, the rest of the idiots will get the message.


305 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:05 AM PDT by Trust but Verify (Pull up a chair and watch history being made.)
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To: paul51

There's a block of restricted airspace over the National Mall and the White House (I think it's called "P-56" on the charts) that's a strict no-fly zone from the ground up to 18,000 feet. That is what this dweeb no doubt entered.

The reason I mentioned Reagan National is that this zone is two or three north of the main runway at DCA. When planes take off northbound from DCA, they have to make a hard left and follow the river northwest to clear the space; likewise, when they land south, they have to make an approach down the river then turn right at the last second to line up with the runway. I figured that maybe some airliner pilot let his concentration slip and drifted left into the restricted airspace.

But from what we're hearing here, it sounds like it was a private pilot with a massive recto-cranial inversion...how do you NOT fly around Washington and not know that there are some places that you Just Don't Go?

Right now, I expect he's landed at Andrews AFB, and scared out of his mother-loving mind. I hope he enjoys his flight, it might be the last time he ever sits in the left seat of an airplane.

}:-)4


306 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:06 AM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia--commemorating 140 years of Yankee occupation.)
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To: pitinkie

It seemed to be a private plane--entered (no fly zone). It turned around then re-entered. NORAD statement expected soon...there seems to be a 'lack of co-ordinated activity'. This is something we should have learned since 9/11.--FOXN

re-evaluations of procedures (or lack of obeying them) due at homeland sec. expected (ibid.)


307 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:26 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yes and human beings may also shot the idiot down too and I would not care.


308 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:31 AM PDT by ClancyJ (Florida Motto: Send me your weak, frail, elderly - and we will give them 'rest'".)
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To: mhking
CNN: Pilot of light plane will be "interviewed."

Polite Euphimism of the Day Award. ;)

309 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:33 AM PDT by TheBigB ("So you're saying...there's a treasure map...on the back of...the Declaration of Independence?")
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To: MJemison
How does an F16 go slow enough to escort a single-engine

Nose up, gear down, flaps full. (just barely)
310 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:52 AM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

The moment your plane is buzzed by a jet you better look like a submissive puppy in a instant to signal to those tigers that you are their slave from that moment on, or else.


311 posted on 05/11/2005 9:27:57 AM PDT by Walkingfeather (q)
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To: prairiebreeze

LOL...I get stranger by the minute...


312 posted on 05/11/2005 9:28:00 AM PDT by Jackie-O
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To: weegee
"The DUmmies seized upon reports of the US Military planes and thought they were the ones violating space."


I saw some WWII vintage fighter planes flying around the other day. Not only were they violating our airspace, they were violating our space time continuum.
313 posted on 05/11/2005 9:28:01 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
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To: All

"TWO OF YOUR SNOT-NOSED JOCKEYS DID A FLYBY IN MY TOWER AT OVER FOUR HUNDRED KNOTS!!!!!!!!!"""


314 posted on 05/11/2005 9:28:15 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("My guvnor don't got the answer")
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To: Peach

Yeh, Peach...this is the only few days we've had of clear weather and after 9-11, the clouds seem to coverup my fears and my mind often drifted to: They couldn't attack us today because of the clouds. (It also messes up my GPS system. It can't get through heavy cloudcover).


315 posted on 05/11/2005 9:28:20 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: Jackie-O

We wanted our son to go to GWU...would love to visit DC and him..I grew up going into NYC so no big deal. Glad you are ok..missed you!


316 posted on 05/11/2005 9:28:39 AM PDT by pitinkie (revenge will be sweet)
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To: pitinkie

A small plane drives the Whitehouse nuts, yet, millions can pour through our borders.


317 posted on 05/11/2005 9:28:47 AM PDT by shellshocked (They're undocumented Border Patrol agents, not vigilantes.)
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To: gipper81

Hehe...oh, THAT got his attention, I bet. Poor guy's trolling along at 100 knots, utterly clueless, and all of a sudden a Falcon screams across in front of him dropping countermeasure flares? It'd be hilarious if it wasn't a serious national security issue.

Hope his significant other sends him clean underwear.

}:-)4


318 posted on 05/11/2005 9:29:02 AM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia--commemorating 140 years of Yankee occupation.)
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To: lnbchip
>the utter fear was enough for him to obey every syllable of the orders he received from the fighters

Yes. In completely
different circumstances, I
once had a SWAT team

train their guns on me.
Time stops, you do EXACTLY
what the guys tell you . . .

319 posted on 05/11/2005 9:29:06 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: shellshocked

Apparently.


320 posted on 05/11/2005 9:29:12 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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