The closer we get to election.....

[RickM]

The more this will happen..... http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Iraq

My question is "when does it hit here again?"

[singpilot]

As many times as explosives have been caught at the border, it's only a matter of time.

[Sonic dB]

I was talking with a girl who works for a client of mine, a few weeks ago....she said that her male friend is in the US Military.... maybe Marines, I forget...

Anyway, she said that he has been on assigment off the coast of CA, defusing underwater explosive mines that have been placed there by terrorists.

[84porsche]

I sincerely hope it doesn't hit here again - terrorism is one thing that should not be tolerated.

[singpilot]

Sailing off of western Manhattan Beach a few months back, I am maybe 300 yards off of the beach when there is a big splash right behind me, and I see a scuba diver surfacing behind me. He sees me, and immediately dives. No other boat as far as I can see. No other diver. No one on the beach. Hmmm.

I call (on the cell phone) the Coast Guard. While talking to them, a small 18' or so runabout comes from Del Rey direction, and swoops into the general area behind me. The diver surfaces again, and they close, and the single diver gets in the boat, and they speed off again, far enough away from me to not get a number, and head back towards Del Rey.

The coasties alert the MDR sheriffs, and somehow(imagine that), they lose them. This dive spot was close to the offshore oil loading terminal for Chevron, the main sewage treatment plant for all of LA and the Scattergood Power Plant. It is also 3 miles or so from Pelican Parts.

Never heard another thing.

Yep, just a matter of time.

[RickM]

Originally posted by singpilot
....it's only a matter of time.

Yup, I agree. It's too easy to do here. The effects will paralyze this country. It will be interesting to see how us Americans buck-up when it does happen.

[304065]

Hmm, was there a Performance Products sticker on the side of the 18 footer?