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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 04:31 PM Original message |
F-16s were scrambled in response to a security scare involving Pres Barack Obama's visit to Seattle |
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LisaM
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Tue Aug-17-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. So that's what that was! |
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Aristus
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I heard the double-boom, too! |
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RandomThoughts
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Tue Aug-17-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ahh that was it, quick on the stick those boys were. |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I heard that they came from Portland and got to Seattle in 2 min. Hard to believe that. nm |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. More likely 5 min. that's 1000 mi/hr nm |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Thu Aug-19-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Why not McChord or Whidbey? |
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Angleae
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Thu Aug-19-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. No fighters at those bases. |
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cascadiance
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Didn't notice them here in Portland. But i'm used to being next door to Miramar in San Diego... |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Probably broke the sound barrier somewhere over Washington the State. nm |
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LisaM
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Tue Aug-17-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. I can believe that |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. But 2 mins would require them to be traveling aroung 6,000 mph. dont think so. nm |
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Bigmack
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Tue Aug-17-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Can you imagine... |
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damntexdem
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Tue Aug-17-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. They'd damn well better! |
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backtomn
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Tue Aug-17-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. I know that this is not usually a violent site....but.... |
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onethatcares
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Tue Aug-17-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think they come along side and give them the thumbs down |
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jdlh8894
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Tue Aug-17-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. But it sure sounds a lot better! n/t |
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diddlysquat
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Tue Aug-17-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. I felt it too. |
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postulater
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Tue Aug-17-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. I like it when fighter jets protect my President. |
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Demoiselle
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I do too. |
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MsPithy
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Tue Aug-17-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Amen! |
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TrogL
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Scared me there for a second |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Did you have a live flame on the ballons? nm |
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texastoast
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. I love those F-16s |
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Angleae
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Tue Aug-17-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. F-15s, not F-16s. |
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DebbieCDC
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. We could hear it and feel it in my office building downtown |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I thought earth quake first also. checked on line at earth quake center and no |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. Kudos for the Kitsap Sun. They posted the info about 20 min after incident. nm |
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Papillon
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I was just waking up from a nap |
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Barrymores Ghost
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Tue Aug-17-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. North American Aerospace Defense Command says they were F-15's... |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. F-15's, F-18"s whatever works. nm |
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NYC_SKP
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Tue Aug-17-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Grrrrr. Do not mess with the Prez. |
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laconicsax
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Tue Aug-17-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. Article says F-15s, not F-16s. If the editing window's open you may want to change that. n/t |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-17-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I just quoted the newspaper. The clarification is provided in the thread. |
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PSPS
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Tue Aug-17-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. PDX to SEA in five minutes, yet nowhere to be found on 9/11? |
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TheWatcher
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Tue Aug-17-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Shhhh. You're Interrupting the Precious Delusional Paradigm Of The Modern American Lemming. |
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PacerLJ35
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Thu Aug-19-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I doubt it was anything like 5 minutes... |
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Electric Monk
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Wed Aug-18-10 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
34. ... and yet, on 9/11/01, for over an hour... (need I say more?) |
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TheWatcher
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Thu Aug-19-10 04:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Why Do You Hate The Homeland? |
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Phoonzang
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Thu Aug-19-10 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. Must have been exciting for the pilots. |
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