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Arizona power plant evacuated over suspicious package
kold ^ | Oct. 13, 2010

Posted on 10/13/2010 9:14:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station was evacuated after a suspicious package was found early Wednesday morning.

Explosive experts from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office are investigating two suspicious packages at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, according to an MCSO spokesman.

Lt. Brian Lee said the sheriff's office was contacted at 5 a.m. today by Palo Verde Security to report a suspicious device and received a second call at 5:30 a.m. reporting another suspicious package.

Access to and from the plant was halted, according to Arizona Public Service and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

The immediate area was evacuated and members of the MCSO Explosive Ordnance Division were investigating.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; bomb; evacuated; nuclear; paloverde; powerplant
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1 posted on 10/13/2010 9:14:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Boy, this covers about everything.... Terrorism, secure the borders, Arizona immigration law, Religion of Peace, Energy crisis, etc.


2 posted on 10/13/2010 9:29:48 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
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To: BenLurkin

Al Gore showed up on the cover of a magazine again?


3 posted on 10/13/2010 9:36:42 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin

Oh, that’s not good for the operators, especially when you consider NRC fatigue rules are still in effect. Yuck.


4 posted on 10/13/2010 10:02:11 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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To: BenLurkin

Not another Favre thread!


5 posted on 10/13/2010 10:04:02 AM PDT by tnlibertarian
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To: BenLurkin
Update here.
6 posted on 10/13/2010 10:05:05 AM PDT by glock rocks (Wait, what?)
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To: BenLurkin
The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station was evacuated after a suspicious package was found early Wednesday morning.

Brett Favre text???

7 posted on 10/13/2010 10:05:26 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (A check is worthless until you actually cash it......VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Paladin2

The package was found during inspection of a car entering the plant (evidently someone who worked there).


8 posted on 10/13/2010 10:06:25 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: glock rocks

Thank you.


9 posted on 10/13/2010 10:16:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: palo verde

ping...


10 posted on 10/13/2010 10:20:25 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 631 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void
"Security personnel found the first suspicious item in a vehicle as it pulled into a checkpoint about a mile from the plant on company property off of Wintersburg Road, said Jim McDonald of APS.:
11 posted on 10/13/2010 10:33:15 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: tnlibertarian

Redefining “Junk Mail”


12 posted on 10/13/2010 10:46:40 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Palin Haley O'Donnell - mmm mmmm mmmmmmmmm)
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To: Drill Thrawl
Many years ago I was working at Georgia Power plant Hatch. I was waiting for a hot shot rig to deliver a couple of large tool boxes from Atlanta so my craft labor could get started. From my office trailer I could see the security gate area where they inspected vehicles before allowing them into the plant. The security area consisted of a fenced enclosure with two gates. Whatever was being delivered would be trapped between the two gates while security did their thing.

The driver finally showed up and his truck was being inspected. The next thing I saw is the security guards all running around with M-16's and the driver spread eagle and pushed very hard into the metal chain length fence.

It seems the idiot driver worked for his dads trucking company and supplemented his income by delivering pot around the south east. He had over 2 lbs of it in his cab and was suppossed to deliver it somewhere else after dropping off my toolboxes. Needless to say I did not get my toolboxes for a day becuase they took everything on that truck apart.

13 posted on 10/13/2010 11:23:18 AM PDT by Fellow Traveler
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To: Fellow Traveler

AH, South Georgia. I love living here!

Do they do tours of the plant? I’d love to visit.


14 posted on 10/13/2010 11:44:58 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: BenLurkin

My Guess:

Test Run/recon probe by an environmental terrorist group, Middle eastern terrorist group, Mexican Mafia or the Chinese.


15 posted on 10/13/2010 12:02:39 PM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: BenLurkin

New Black Panthers??


16 posted on 10/13/2010 12:12:24 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: Le Chien Rouge

And also the Amish....


17 posted on 10/13/2010 12:20:00 PM PDT by Moleman
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To: BenLurkin
Arizona power plant evacuated over suspicious package


18 posted on 10/13/2010 1:12:45 PM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

Nope. Smoke flare used for training firefighters, left under the seat of the car by the guy’s wife without his knowledge. No big deal, really, but I’m glad our security force keeps their eyes open.

It was a nice chance for people to go get some breakfast while they waited for the problem to be cleared up. I finally got into my building about 2 hours late. Last time this happened, we were locked down for half a day.


19 posted on 10/13/2010 1:16:28 PM PDT by Tarantulas ( Illegal immigration - the trojan horse that's treated like a sacred cow)
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To: Tarantulas

Its not Brett Favre’s is it?


20 posted on 10/13/2010 1:38:33 PM PDT by malos (Call Me Inpressed)
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