Thanks, RHW.
How was O’Hare when you came back?
Dillon Dam Road closed after ‘suspicious activity’ (COLORADO)
Authorities have closed Dillon Dam Road to traffic until at least early next week after “recent suspicious activity” later found to be non-threatening.
The incident involved two males using video equipment on the road while it was closed because of weather on Tuesday.
But investigation by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and later by the FBI cleared the men, who said they were from Denver and were filming a music video on the dam.
The men were “very cooperative” with the deputies and agreed to show them the footage and have their vehicle inspected, the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
After forwarding the information to the FBI, the federal law enforcement agency said it reviewed the matter, and no threat was identified.
Dillon Dam Road, however, remains closed.
Denver Water said it planned “to assess safety and security risks” early next week before deciding when the road might reopen. [snip}
Call me curious: the suspicious activity is “non-threatening”, but they’re still going to keep the road closed for several days to assess “safety and security”.
Music video? Right.
O'Hare was quiet. But I just happened to be standing next to one of Chicago's Finest who was just finishing his shift. I mentioned the security at LAX and asked if anything similar was going on at O'Hare. He said other than tighter security due to the visit by Pres Bush and some other foreign dignitary this week it was business as usual.
But here is a strange story from my flight out on Monday:
One of the passengers came up to the flight attendant to tell her someone was in his seat. The FA went to straighten it out only to find out that the seated passenger had a ticket to LaGuardia. My flight was to Los Angeles! They escorted the woman off the flight but NEVER questioned the gate agent as to how someone with the wrong ticket boarded the plane!
American received a letter from me on that one. Horribly lax security. Haven't heard back yet.