Bag of sparklers caused Ferry evacuation [Seattle]

KOMO ^ | Aug. 22, 2007

[HardStarboard]

>>>>I hope that the moonbats in Seattle finally see that the enemy they love (al qaeda) wishes to kill them.<<<

Fat chance!! More likely our Mayor will task the police force to give top priority to returning the package of sparklers to the people that lost them.

[Rightfootforward]

I take it you’ve heard about this?

[r9etb]

Most people don’t go to the Indian Reservations to buy “sparklers.” They’re looking for things a LITTLE MORE POWERFUL....

Well, yeah ... I was not unaware of the existence of reservation-bought M80s when I was growing up in WA. ;-)

And yet my kids will invariably buy sparklers and "fun" stuff. And my in-laws buy the more harmless sorts of things, too .... to give to the kids.

It's not a "dry run". It's somebody who put their fireworks down and forgot to pick them up.

[enraged]

My thoughts too. Clean guys w/ good papers, making obvious displays of suspicious activity, distracting from the real threat elsewhere. Shoot them both.

[Natchez Hawk]

Umm, not only disabled people use the handicap stall. And since sparklers are the “safest” of fireworks (that’s why the little ones are always holding them) just maybe there are some people who can sit in a wheelchair and hold a sparkler at the same time.

Hey, but I’m fair. If this is a big terrorist strike or revealed plot that is traced to smuggling explosives into the country by ferry, I’ll come here and say you are right.

But for the moment, the War on Terror is beginning to resemble the War on Drugs.

[LibLieSlayer]

I hear what it is you are saying!

LLS

[enraged]

See post #20

[LibLieSlayer]

I would believe it... shaking my head the whole time... but I would believe it.

LLS

[Joe 6-pack]

"...testing and probing to see if we can scan for oxidizer, and metal powders, perhaps?"

My thoughts exactly...Testing Rover's nose...

[r9etb]

Clean guys w/ good papers, making obvious displays of suspicious activity, distracting from the real threat elsewhere. Shoot them both.

I can hear the judge now: "I sentence you to death because you did not commit a real crime."

Sounds like Monty Python material. It doesn't sound like something a rational American would say, except in jest.

[mgc1122]

Mmmm, whoever was carrying them and forgot them has been packing them around awhile. Washington state laws allows retail sales of fireworks ONLY from June 29 through July 4; and again during the Christmas season.

[r9etb]

Washington state laws allows retail sales of fireworks ONLY from June 29 through July 4; and again during the Christmas season.

Indian reservations are not subject to Washington state fireworks laws -- not in permissible sales dates, nor in the type of fireworks they can sell.

You can buy fireworks at reservations all year 'round. (You might get in trouble if you use them off-reservation, but that's a different issue.)

[mgc1122]

Peaceful fireworks enthusiasts? Or something else?

[Veto!]

Hear about it? B. was on the commuter bus from home to the ferry when news came in on the bus’s radio. At the dock, cars waiting to board were turning around and leaving. Bus turned around and brought B and other passengers home again. Imagine my surprise.

As it turned out, regular ferry service not restored until mid-afternoon. Exceedingly inconvenient, as B had an all-day interview scheduled with important company. FRUSTRATION!!!!

[Cindy]

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