Breaking: North Alabama bomb scare. Schools evacuated.

[shane77m]

Things be getting crazy here in Bama today.

My wife just called me and said they closed Lawrence county schools as well.

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/11/students_released_from_decatur.html


DECATUR, Alabama - A suspicious device has been found attached to a rail car carrying hazardous material at the Daiken America plant, causing Decatur Police to dismiss students at several schools.

Lt. John Crouch said police, Decatur firefighters, the Huntsville bomb squad and the FBI are on the scene at the plant at Alabama Highway 20.

He did not say what type of hazardous material is in the train car. However, he said the estimated potential danger zone is 25 miles.

"Current weather conditions indicate that the greatest danger area would be to the northeast should an explosion occur," Crouch said. "The intersection of State Docks Rd and Highway 20 West can be used as a reference point."

Schools were students are being dismissed are:

•Blue Springs Elementary - dismissing immediately - will be transported to Cedar Hill Elementary
•Calhoun Community College - Decatur campus and the Alabama Center for the Arts - closing at 10:00 a.m.
•Clements High School
•Julian Harris Elementary School
•Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary
•Benjamin Davis Elementary
•Woodmeade Elementary
•West Decatur Elementary
•Tanner High School - dismissing immediately
•West Decatur - dismissing immediately
•West Morgan High, Middle and Elementary - dismissing at 10:30 a.m.


"All other Decatur Schools will have a liberal check-out policy," Crouch said. Crouch said he will release details as they become available.

Updated at 10:21 a.m. Nov. 21, 2013, to include potential blast zone.
Updated at 10:41 a.m. Nov. 21, 2013, to include additional schools being dismissed.

[Anti Federalist]

The "suspicious device" later revealed to be:

http://blog.nonipatterns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hobo-stick-bindle.jpg

[phill4paul]

The "suspicious device" later revealed to be:

http://blog.nonipatterns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hobo-stick-bindle.jpg

Canned heat.

[shane77m]

The "suspicious device" later revealed to be:

http://blog.nonipatterns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hobo-stick-bindle.jpg

That's what I have been saying. Some hobo probably lost his backpack. Anyways though, North Alabama is losing its mind over this.

[tod evans]

Terrorists;

http://javamama.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/adventures_of_huckleberry_finn.jpg

[SilentBull]

Need stricter bomb laws.

[Anti Federalist]

Need stricter bomb laws.

Ban something, damn it.

[shane77m]

The train yards need to hire better bulls.

http://www.hobonickels.org/terms.htm

[tod evans]

More military surplus would have prevented this scare....

[James Madison]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?433473-The-Pussification-of-the-Western-Male

[shane77m]

Not a bomb after all.

http://www.timesdaily.com/news/local/article_6936f902-52cd-11e3-9661-10604b9f6eda.html



DECATUR — Authorities have determined a suspicious package attached to a rail car in Decatur was not a bomb but contained marijuana, Morgan County officials said.

The rail car contained toxic gas and was at the Daikin America plant on State Docks Road, near Alabama 20.


Investigators said they believe the marijuana had been on the rail car since it was in Mexico. They said the package was the size of a large telephone book and contained 1 to 2 kilograms of marijuana. They believe the rail car entered the United States in Brownsville, Texas.


The package was in the dome on top of the rail car. It was discovered when Daikin employees noticed the seal on the dome was broken. They looked, saw the package and reported it.


Students in at least 11 schools and on two local college campuses and employees at several industries were dismissed after Decatur Police Department received word of the package at 7:40 a.m. Students at all schools within five miles of the rail car were relocated to more distant schools.

[Dr.3D]

Terrorists;

http://javamama.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/adventures_of_huckleberry_finn.jpg
Was that book banned or did they just remove the N word from it?

Edit:

I just noticed the lantern. As I recall, the cold draft lantern wasn't invented till 1880. I have to wonder how one of those could end up back in the civil war era.