2 poss bombs - 2 locations
Possible bomb blocks off portion of Lancaster Drive (Oregon)
There is a report of a suspicious device at Roths on Lancaster Drive. Police are evacuating the store and a nearby Key Bank.
They also may evacuate a liquor store and check-cashing store, nearby.
They have shut down Lancaster Drive at the Center Street intersection.
The device was described as a cylinder with tape and caps on the end. The Oregon State Police bomb squad is enroute.
Traffic is huge mess in that area, with backups on every one of the side streets.
The device in the Roth's parking lot is described as a pipe, 2 inches in diameter, with wires.
A similar description has been given for a suspicious device in the parking garage of ****Salem Hospital**** at this hour.
http://www.eastvalleynews.com/appeal/article.cfm?i=7976
Air Canada Flight Diverted to Baltimore
An Air Canada flight from Montreal to Washington has been diverted to Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
There is word of a suspicious package on board the flight.
Airport spokesman Jonathan Dean says authorities are conducting a thorough search out of "an abundance of caution."
The passengers disembarked and were loaded onto a shuttle bus while the plane was searched.
http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=2&nid=41689
Oregon has a lot of jihad types living there.
Of course today's news will bring out all the local crazies.
In our town today, there was a big hullabaloo about a WWII hand grenade found in the parking lot of a popular furniture store.
Get ready for lots more stories like this.