Posted on 05/19/2008 3:24:39 PM PDT by james500
Several floors of a Hilton hotel under construction in downtown San Diego have been badly damaged in an apparent explosion. There are no immediate reports of injuries.
About four lower floors of the waterfront skyscraper near the San Diego Convention Center showed serious damage after the Monday afternoon incident.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
check insurance claims. Cynical, yes, but in a bad market
Headline Yoda being written by.
Wow... the market must be bad...you considered insurance fraud before knee-jerking to terrorism!
It’s a very large building. The damage is minor in totality but it is a mess over there.
lol...
Cindy, there have been quite a few explosions in San Diego of late, correct?
Of course, you can’t count out the ELFs or EF! types just yet...
My first thought was environmentalist wackos such as ELF.
Yes, but did the steel beams melt?? Rosie wants to know!!
Stylebook AP apparently lost editor by.
A CIA officer seen in CA last year ;)
Construction site mishap.
Sun May 4, 2008
FBI looks into San Diego courthouse explosion
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/04/courthouse.explosion/
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The FBI recovered more than 100 nails and shrapnel as far as two blocks from the courthouse, Foxworth said. Investigators believe the bomb may be linked to a blast April 25 that shattered the glass door of a FedEx building in San Diego
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/527971.html
Thank you freema for the links.
I posted this update in The Threat Matrix awhile back:
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May 16, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://sandiego.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/sd051608.htm
For Immediate Release
May 16, 2008
Joint Terrorism Task Force Makes Arrest as a
Result of Courthouse Bombing Investigation
United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced that Rachelle Lynette Carlock, age 31, was arraigned today in federal court in El Centro before Magistrate Judge Peter C. Lewis on a felony complaint charging Carlock with use of a false identification document, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 842(a)(2) and (i)(1) and 1028(a)(7), respectively. At the time of the hearing , the government requested that the defendant be detained based upon risk of flight and danger to the community. The detention has been scheduled for May 21, 2008 at 10:00am before Magistrate Judge Lewis in El Centro. The defendant is next scheduled to be in court on May 29, 2008, at 1:30 p.m., for a preliminary examination before Magistrate Judge Lewis.
Carlock, was arrested on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at approximately 2:47 p.m. in the vicinity of 35th and National Avenue, San Diego, California, by members of the San Diego FBI SWAT team.
Also in connection with this matter federal search warrants were executed at 2952 40th Street and 3868 Teak Street, San Diego, California. The FBI’s Evidence Response Teams (ERT) responded to the locations and collected items of evidentiary value.
The Joint Terrorism Task Force has an ongoing investigation concerning the May 4, 2008 bombing of the U.S. District Courthouse. No person has yet been charged for that crime.
An arrest itself is not evidence that the defendant committed the crimes charged. The defendant is presumed innocent until the government meets its burden in court of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
UPDATE:
Note: Photo included.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080519-1513-hotelexplosion.html
“12 hurt in blast at bayfront hotel under construction”
SIGNONSANDIEGO NEWS SERVICES
3:13 p.m. May 19, 2008
JOHN McCUTCHEN / Union-Tribune
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SAN DIEGO – An explosion of unknown origin damaged several floors of a hotel under construction near Petco Park Monday, injuring at least 12 people and hurling glass, metal and other debris over the site.
People throughout the Marina area and miles away reported hearing a loud blast near the San Diego Convention Center on West Harbor Drive shortly after 2 p.m., according to police.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Initial reports indicate that the explosion appeared to have been centered in rooms containing mechanical equipment at the partially completed high-rise Hilton hotel near Eighth Avenue, San Diego police Officer Jim Johnson said.”
Perhaps the union is behind this explosion.
Yours truly,
The Woim
They’re saying now that they’re quite sure it’s tied to a gas related leak in a room that had a lot of equipment tied to the construction.
(This is all that’s on our local stations at the moment)
Harbor Drive is closed at the moment b/c of emergency vehicles, etc., but the trolley is running right by it and so they are obviously quite confident this is not something that’s going to be an ongoing issue and is confined to the specific area of the building that they’ve already identified.
4 people hospitalized at Scripps
9 hospitalized at UCSD
Padres game right ‘next door’ (more or less) to the construction area will go on as planned this evening (another sign this is all confined to the construction project and not some sort of ‘event’ or ‘threat’)
(The above all per KNSD 7/39/NBC)
Thanks Cindy.
You are quite an asset.
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