Posted on 11/05/2001 7:04:48 PM PST by Sunshine55
PUTNAM CO., WV, Nov. 5 - With the world as it is now, an attack at a power plant gets even more attention. And it comes just days after the news leaked that the coast guard was already looking for a suspicious boat in our region. At this point, the coast guard is not sure whether the two things are connected. It could be a coincidence. But here's the good thing out of this whole mess: AEP says it was a test that security passed.
Putnam County Sheriff Stan Farley says, "Someone tried to come on the property." They came from the river side of the John Amos plant. A female security guard spotted one man and chased him. Then she says he turned and hit her. Farley says, "They were talking some type of foreign language. They got into the boat and took up the river." By the time police got there, only the ripples of the river remained. The men were long gone.
They're described as two dark skinned men, wearing dark clothing. Joe Haynes, with the John Amos Plant, says, "Our security reacted exactly the way we wanted them to." The Kanawha River is very close to the John Amos plant. AEP officials say from time to time people wander on to their property. Two months ago, they wouldn't have thought twice about this incident. Now they do.
September 11th changed that. A recent report from the Coast Guard adds to the concern. The guard says some boat is masquerading as a guard vessel in this region. Haynes says, "We're a little more sensitive to those kind of things, so we have to take that extra little bit of precaution when something like this happens." Joe Haynes says the already tight security at John Amos tightened even more after September 11th. Guards use mirrors to check under cars and trucks, just one precaution to keep much of the Valleys power supply pumping.
The guard who was involved in that scuffle, Patricia Parsons, is okay. She did go to the hospital, but she only had minor injuries. The Coast Guard is looking closer into this incident. They have the discretion with any water incident. They consider this a serious incident, so they're helping out. They can see if there are any connections to the bogus boat.
In keeping with what our President said, either you are with us, or against us. Although he was referring to nations, this applies equally to citizens/residents of this nation, and also applies to those in the media who are undermining our efforts.
We can all rest easy now knowing there are only "ripples of the river" remaining and the men are "long gone" without questioning.
Security forces blocked all the entrances to the building with heavy equipment and went to a maximum alert.
Good sound defensive moves. But it would have been far better to have grabbed these people and gotten them to the police for interrogation.
My advice: arm security. Apprehend suspicious-looking or oddly behaving people in the vicinity of vital buildings like this. We are in just as much trouble, or more, than we were in WWII. Let's start acting like it.
Local security people, local police:
Please stop pussy-footing around. Stop being politically correct. Start arresting and holding people who look like they need it.
The number of terrorists who have been stopped and released, even after producing suspicious ID, is appalling. A week later, when the FBI realizes who they were, is too late!
Security forces blocked all the entrances to the building with heavy equipment and went to a maximum alert.
Good sound defensive moves. But it would have been far better to have grabbed these people and gotten them to the police for interrogation.
My advice: arm security. Apprehend suspicious-looking or oddly behaving people in the vicinity of vital buildings like this. We are in just as much trouble, or more, than we were in WWII. Let's start acting like it.
Local security people, local police:
Please stop pussy-footing around. Stop being politically correct. Start arresting and holding people who look like they need it.
The number of terrorists who have been stopped and released, even after producing suspicious ID, is appalling. A week later, when the FBI realizes who they were, is too late!
The security guards in this situation should shoot first, and get a live prisoer if at all possible!
We won't get serious until we do have another 9-11 level event.
The FBI has been investigating and looking for the boat for several days now. My brother, along with several other eyewitnesses who saw it at different times, saw it and contacted the feds. It was about 20 feet long and painted up like a Coast Guard vessel - but not a perfect job. The lettering was greatly off kilter and the "crew" of about 5 people was wearing generic red jackets which were similar, but not the same as CG wears. The boat was moving at a high rate of speed and it was about 35 degrees at the time, so their wasn't much chance to see if they were "swarthy." No Coast guard hats, which all the Guard guys wear, were evident. When my brother saw them they were near a petroleum tank facility in Charleston.
There are also MANY chemical plants in the Kanawha River valley, including Monsanto, Du Pont, Clearon (chlorine), Dow (chlorine), and Aventis (they make MIC- the deadly Bhopal stuff). These plants aren't just potentially the target of bombs, they ARE potential bombs. In fact, the small town next to the power plant is named Nitro, because nitroglycerine was formerly produced there.
I don't know what the safety backups are, but needless to say, a power plant that provides the primary power for the chemical plants in the area could at the very least cause much confusion at these plants. The move on the power plant could have been a "trigger event" that, if successful, could have signalled the beginning of attacks on the other plants. It's easier to cause trouble in the dark.
A small leak of MIC in Bhopal, India killed thousands. If something like that happened here it would kill many thousands more because of the valley topography. Needless to say, I am keeping my guard up here, now fully a target in the "war zone."
The war is everywhere, and we are ALL soldiers now.
Let's roll.
A "Bhopal" would be very doable, as you saidt the gas would be contained by the topography.
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