[cmsgop]

I Blame Larry Storch

[tdewey10]

Container from Pakistan. Hmmmm.
Was supposed to be full of "oily rags" -- who ships "oily rags" in 41-foot containers?

[NonValueAdded]

A bimb? /Clouseau

[PrivateIdaho]

The container was supposed to hold oily rags but inspectors found objects that were not on the inventory...

Geez - that alone sounds dangerous.

[MineralMan]

Well, since it's a shipping container, I'll take it seriously and be watchful.

Unlike most of these stories, which end up being a salami sandwich in a briefcase, this one could possible be the real deal.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Nobody is probing security response. The regular crowd will shuffle in momentarily, to dismiss early reports.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I blame Rove, who did it at Bush's order..(sarc/off)

[steveo]

What kind of bomb is it?

[Normal4me]

It just another coincidence people. Move along now, nothing to see here. The gubmint is in control. Spend, spend, spend! Do your part to keep the economy bustling~

/goes outside to stare at the sun

[ARealMothersSonForever]

pingaling

[Post-Neolithic]

Study: Nuclear Blast At Port Could Kill 60,000

Coinky Dink?

[NavyCanDo]

A port worker who was evacuated called local radio and he said the shipping containers had their custom seals broken and the bomb sniffing dogs were going crazy. He said in all the years working at the port terminal he never seen them act like that. The discovery of the broken seals was at the Xray boom where they run the containers through.

[tdewey10]

According to KIRO TV may be two containers. Their story is confusing -- http://www.kirotv.com/index.html says 2. But the story only references one.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Never mind... just a claustrophobic dock worker. Back to work, everyone.

[cmsgop]

[cmsgop]

SEATTLE - The Port of Seattle set up a perimeter of nearly half a mile around one of its terminals Wednesday after bomb-sniffing dogs indicated that a container recently unloaded off a ship could contain explosives.

Dozens of non-essential personnel were evacuated from Terminal 18, on Harbor Island south of downtown Seattle, a Port of Seattle spokesman said. A bomb squad was set to examine the container to determine its contents.

"There was a suspect container, two of them, taken off the ship because there were questions about the manifest," said port spokesman David Schaefer. "The bomb-sniffing dogs did what bomb-sniffing dogs do, and it caused us to be worried there might be explosives."

The Seattle P-I reports the container was supposed to hold oily rags but inspectors found objects that were not on the inventory. U.S. Customs and Border Protection then sent in its bomb team.

A 300-yard safety zone has been established around the terminal.

The origin of the ship that delivered the container was not immediately known. But a worker at the terminal reported to the P-I that the container might have been from Pakistan.

Herald Ugles, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 19, said about 75 workers were ordered to evacuate the terminal, which is operated by cargo company SSA Marine.

He said workers had returned to the dispatch hall where they were awaiting more information. He said there was not a vessel today at the terminal.

SSA Marine officials were at the site monitoring the situation but the company had no information to release yet, a company representative said.

[Not A Snowbird]

Ping! Fun stuff at the port today.

[MEGoody]

Um, but didn't Hillary say there was no security at the ports?

[NavyCanDo]

Odd that none of the local Seattle TV stations are breaking into their normal programing to cover the situation. I live 13 miles from the scene and if it wasn't for FR I would not have a clue what was happening.

[cmsgop]

Here is an Overview of Terminal 18