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Bag of sparklers caused Ferry evacuation [Seattle]
KOMO ^ | Aug. 22, 2007

Posted on 08/22/2007 10:41:58 AM PDT by Alouette

SEATTLE -- The Washington state ferry Puyallup was evacuated Wednesday morning at Colman Dock in Seattle after a crew member found what they deemed to be a suspicious package on board.

The 460-foot Puyallup had just been emptied of cars and passengers after arriving at Colman Dock from Bainbridge Island about 8 a.m. when the bag of sparklers was found behind the toilet in the disabled passenger stall in the men's restroom.

Following a search and examination by State Patrol troopers, the 2,500-passenger, 202-vehicle ferry was cleared to resume service about 9 a.m.

The Puyallup delay was the second ferry disruption during the morning commute. Less heavily used runs between Point Defiance in Tacoma and Tahlequah at the south end of Vashon Island were canceled until midmorning after about a dozen cracks were found during the wee hours in the state ferry Rhododendron.

The 48-car Rhododendron, built in 1947 and rebuilt in 1990, was taken to Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island after the chief engineer noticed the cracks in a 12-foot by 10-inch section on the starboard side about five feet above the water line, Coursey said.

The cracks ranged in width from a pinhole to a gap big enough for a finger and were near the rub rail, a ridge that is the first part of the boat to contact the dock.

The 34-car ferry Hiyu, built in 1967, was dispatched to resume service between Point Defiance and Tahlequah after 10 a.m.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bolo; evacuation; ferry; seattle
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Wasn't there a BOLO for 2 "suspicious-looking" characters seen on the Seattle ferry?
1 posted on 08/22/2007 10:42:01 AM PDT by Alouette
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To: 1st-P-In-The-Pod; 2ndDivisionVet; A_Conservative_in_Cambridge; af_vet_rr; agrace; Aiko; ...
FReepMail to be added or removed from this pro-Israel/Judaic/Russian Jewry ping list.

Warning! This is a high-volume ping list.

2 posted on 08/22/2007 10:42:42 AM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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ME types - always peaceful - testing and probing to see if we can scan for oxidizer, and metal powders, perhaps?


3 posted on 08/22/2007 10:44:27 AM PDT by mgc1122
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...the bag of sparklers was found behind the toilet in the disabled passenger stall in the men's restroom.

Dry run.

4 posted on 08/22/2007 10:44:57 AM PDT by Plutarch
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To: Alouette

yes

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/08/if-it-walks-lik.html


5 posted on 08/22/2007 10:46:06 AM PDT by dervish (Pvt. Beauchamp came pre-dehumanized.)
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To: Alouette

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

LLS


6 posted on 08/22/2007 10:49:58 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: mgc1122

“ME types - always peaceful - testing and probing to see if we can scan for oxidizer, and metal powders, perhaps?”

Likely trying to learn our emergency response procedures. Who comes, how many, how fast, what do they bring, etc.


7 posted on 08/22/2007 10:58:19 AM PDT by Hacklehead (I'm not here to make friends.)
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To: Alouette

what was it last week some university students got busted with “fireworks” in there car back east, turns out they also had pipe bombs too.

youtube sparkler bombs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSftFtHncxU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEPj1fy9IvI

looks harmless huh... good way to light stuff on fire actually


8 posted on 08/22/2007 11:01:23 AM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: Plutarch

Totally agree. What “disabled” person would be carrying a bag of sparklers, and just happen to leave them “BEHIND” the toilet.

Nothing coincidental about this one, IMHO.


9 posted on 08/22/2007 11:01:36 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: Alouette
Well, D'OH!

If you are testing the waters, so to speak, you don't start with a drum of ammonium nitrate!

Just saying...

10 posted on 08/22/2007 11:07:02 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: LibLieSlayer
I hope that the moonbats in Seattle finally see that the enemy they love (al qaeda) wishes to kill them.

Or not...
That's all I'm saying.

11 posted on 08/22/2007 11:07:54 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: mgc1122

ME types - always peaceful - testing and probing to see if we can scan for oxidizer, and metal powders, perhaps?

Yup


12 posted on 08/22/2007 11:08:25 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220
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http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=409

Sparkler bomb. One of the more impressive booms.


13 posted on 08/22/2007 11:13:26 AM PDT by CJ Wolf
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Dry run.

Far more likely that it was an "Indian Reservation Fireworks Run." It's not at all uncommon for folks thereabouts to visit one of the many nearby reservations to buy fireworks.

Betcha dollars to donuts that some kid went to the can, put his fireworks down to take a pee, and forgot them there. You can bet that his family won't be making a claim on the bag....

14 posted on 08/22/2007 11:19:26 AM PDT by r9etb
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Most people don’t go to the Indian Reservations to buy “sparklers.” They’re looking for things a LITTLE MORE POWERFUL....


15 posted on 08/22/2007 11:24:00 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
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To: CJ Wolf
Sparkler bomb. One of the more impressive booms.

They used a sparkler as a fuse, but I wonder what the explosive was? It wasn't sparkler material.

16 posted on 08/22/2007 11:25:58 AM PDT by BearCub
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To: dawn53

According to another source, they were also wrapped up in carpet.

TEST RUN.


17 posted on 08/22/2007 11:28:05 AM PDT by Philistone (Your existence as a non-believer offends the Prophet(MPBUH).)
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To: Philistone
"... you can go about your business. Move along"

18 posted on 08/22/2007 11:29:54 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: evets
"Thses are not the drones you seek...":


19 posted on 08/22/2007 11:35:06 AM PDT by Philistone (Your existence as a non-believer offends the Prophet(MPBUH).)
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To: Alouette
I think the headline needs fixing from the article I saw

Earlier information from law enforcement officials indicating that the package contained sparklers was erroneous

20 posted on 08/22/2007 11:38:05 AM PDT by MilspecRob (Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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