more odor news : port of seattle cleared out by dogs
Dogs smelled something funky at the Port of Seattle, resulting in everyone withing a half mile radius being evacuated:
Authorities set up a half-mile perimeter around a terminal at the Port of Seattle on Wednesday after bomb-sniffing dogs indicated that at least one container recently unloaded from a ship could contain explosives.Dozens of personnel were evacuated from Terminal 18, on Harbor Island south of downtown Seattle, a port spokesman said. A bomb squad was set to examine the container and determine its contents.
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Coast Guard Petty Officer Mike Zolzer said the container was supposed to contain oily rags, but authorities apparently found items that did not match that description. [breitbart]
Let’s all hope that the most fascinating part of this story turns out to be the revelation that there’s and international oily rags trade.
update: more info from the Seattle Times [#]
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But doesn’t this beg the question, why are other countries sending us oily rags in the first place? They seem like a silly thing to declare.
My thoughts exactly! But who knows? Maybe it’s just cheaper to get that sort of thing abroad. Or maybe there’s an untapped demand for oily rags somewhere in America?