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Pantex [nuclear facility] on Lockdown (Panhandle, TX) [Update: false alarm.]
newschannel10.com ^ | 01/15/10 | newschannel10.com

Posted on 01/15/2010 7:51:23 AM PST by TornadoAlley3

Panhandle, TX - Friday 01/15/2010

-- The Carson County Sheriff's Department says Pantex is on lockdown.

They wouldn't release anymore information except that they have a number of sheriff's officers at the nuclear facility, and they are investigating.

NewsChannel 10 will keep you updated as information becomes available.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: lockdown; nuclera; tx
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41 posted on 01/15/2010 8:16:28 AM PST by paulycy (The Liberals' DOUBLE-STANDARDS are HATE CRIMES.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

“Armed hunters” Seems kinda redundant, don’t ya think? As an “Armed” hunter in West Texas not to far from Amarillo, may I just say: BWAWAWA!

I’ll spread the word. We should be hunting unarmed.


42 posted on 01/15/2010 8:22:12 AM PST by Lord_Calvinus
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To: Ramius

Yes, that is a good point, after I took a walk and had a couple more cups of coffee to calm down on, I thought, well, it was a good opportunity to test the responses in case the Red Dawn hunters breached the fence and tried to make off with national secrets.


43 posted on 01/15/2010 8:24:58 AM PST by Concho
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To: toomanygrasshoppers
All clear. FOX says it was triggered by hunters spotted in the field close to the plant.

They weren't "Amish" were they?

44 posted on 01/15/2010 8:25:05 AM PST by GOPJ (Obama's US is "harmless as an enemy and treacherous as a friend" - Bernard Lewis warning...)
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To: Concho
The only thing that they would be hunting in the fields at this time would be pheasants.

Pheasant season is over. From TPWD:

Open season: December 5, 2009-January 3, 2010. Bag Limit: three cocks. Possession limit: six cocks.

However, Quail is still in season:

tatewide: Open season: October 31, 2009-February 28, 2010. Daily bag limit: 15 Possession limit: 45

45 posted on 01/15/2010 8:25:36 AM PST by El Gato
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To: paulycy

Love it! LOL!


46 posted on 01/15/2010 8:27:38 AM PST by tsmith130
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To: El Gato

Maybe no one bothered to tell the local illegal Mexicans that.......roflmao


47 posted on 01/15/2010 8:31:34 AM PST by Concho
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To: Vaquero

Hey, thanks for the shout-out!

Funny how a couple of guys carrying guns cause a minor panic while guys in turbans can’t be questioned for fear of discrimminatory profiling.

If these hunters are detained, I hope they start screaming about how they were profiled!


48 posted on 01/15/2010 8:41:43 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: Concho

I always wonder if events like this are “dry run” tests of how we will react if...

Or, if someone is trying to lower facility sensitivity to armed men by posing as hunters.

The plant’s reaction is reassuring to me. I hope they stay hypersensitive.


49 posted on 01/15/2010 8:44:30 AM PST by Judith Anne (Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.)
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To: Concho
Maybe no one bothered to tell the local illegal Mexicans that.......roflmao

You suppose it might be difficult to tell an Illegal Mexican from an an Illegal (or legal) Arab from a distance?

50 posted on 01/15/2010 8:52:43 AM PST by El Gato
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To: El Gato

Yup,,,them guys all look alike to me. heh heh....


51 posted on 01/15/2010 9:12:45 AM PST by Concho
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To: El Gato

I believe there is a buffer zone of private posted land surrounding the plant. The hunters must be unfamiliar with the area.


52 posted on 01/15/2010 9:20:16 AM PST by Sammy67
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To: Sammy67

http://www.amarillo.com/stories/011510/web_pantexupdate.shtml

Two off duty employees were hunting geese TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE PLANT.

With all that is out in that area, just how the hell would the plant know if anyone was hunting TWO MILES away? And if so, how can that be construed to be a security breach? This whole thing reeks.


53 posted on 01/15/2010 9:35:35 AM PST by Concho
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
great name there Hoss.

My buddy in Cowboy Action Shooting uses the alias

Captain Cletus Justice
(originally, the son of Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit).......

then there is Cletus Spukler from the Simpsons....

54 posted on 01/15/2010 9:36:04 AM PST by Vaquero (BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
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To: Sammy67
I believe there is a buffer zone of private posted land surrounding the plant. The hunters must be unfamiliar with the area.

Two miles of buffer? I guess they are they worried about rockets or artillery.

55 posted on 01/15/2010 9:36:40 AM PST by El Gato
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

or was Cletus the Jerry Reed character?? I forget?


56 posted on 01/15/2010 9:57:48 AM PST by Vaquero (BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
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To: Vaquero
Simpsons. "Here, let me make ma mark..."


57 posted on 01/15/2010 10:16:31 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (As funny a gag as Onslo reading "Advanced Nuclear Physics" as bedtime reading.)
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To: Squantos

Were you hunting elephants again?


58 posted on 01/15/2010 11:01:44 AM PST by razorback-bert (Just call me mohhamed-bert when I am flying.)
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To: razorback-bert; Tijeras_Slim

I’m not in the states right now.....that’s my story an I am sticking to it......


59 posted on 01/15/2010 12:44:16 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: razorback-bert; Squantos
I'm not in the states right now.

It's true, I saw him on TV unloading a Slurpee machine from a C-130 in Port Au Prince.

60 posted on 01/15/2010 12:48:40 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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