LAX Shut Down; Explosion Reported

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-09-04 12:30pm

Breaking

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-09-04 12:37pm

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-09-04 12:38pm

I hear there were two seperate incidents. One of them was an explosion and Fox was not clear what the second incident was.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-09-04 12:44pm

Apparently the international terminal is where the incident occured

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-09-04 12:46pm

CNN: Flashlight with corroded batteries exploded....7 injured

That's some battery!

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-09-04 04:09pm

MKSheppard wrote:CNN: Flashlight with corroded batteries exploded....7 injured

That's some battery!

ROFL Holy Shit!

Well it's obvious the Terrorist Threat of the Terrorist Hyper-Explosive Corroded Flashlight Batteries must be stopped. </Bush>

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-09-04 04:14pm

If by "coroded batteries" you mean "a flashlight packed with C4", then yes.

GoldenFalcon · Post by **GoldenFalcon** » 2004-09-04 04:53pm

Those batteries sure kept going...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-09-04 05:07pm

Car batteries can hold a lot of juice. Short one of those out and you'll know about it. Depends on what torch this was and what type of power cell it had.

I doubt it was fishy.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-09-04 05:26pm

as we speak, evildoers like the energizer bunny are being smoked out of thier holes and arrested.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-09-04 05:42pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Car batteries can hold a lot of juice. Short one of those out and you'll know about it. Depends on what torch this was and what type of power cell it had.

I doubt it was fishy.

how many people carry flashlights with batteries the size of car batteries to an airport with them though? most flashlights don't need batteries that big.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-09-04 05:54pm

Darth_Zod wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:Car batteries can hold a lot of juice. Short one of those out and you'll know about it. Depends on what torch this was and what type of power cell it had.

I doubt it was fishy.
how many people carry flashlights with batteries the size of car batteries to an airport with them though? most flashlights don't need batteries that big.

It might well have been a security officer. They do love their oversized maglites.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-09-04 06:20pm

Six D cells can hold quite a bit of energy in them (and the bigger Maglites can carry that many).

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-09-04 06:29pm

Darth_Zod wrote:how many people carry flashlights with batteries the size of car batteries to an airport with them though? most flashlights don't need batteries that big.

Wouldn't need to be that big at all. NiCad and lithium batteries can put out huge currents if they're shorted out, enough to overheat and explode them.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-09-04 06:36pm

I've seen some high-capacity NiMH D cells hold up to 11 Ah. Assuming 1.2V and six of them, that is 285 kJ of energy potential.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-09-04 06:56pm

Great, another "terrorist" attack. Let's see how this benefits Bush.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-09-04 06:59pm

JME2 wrote:Great, another "terrorist" attack. Let's see how this benefits Bush.

You know what -- forget what I just said; I withdraw it. I'm not in the mood to get into a political debate right now. Sorry.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-09-04 07:38pm

The second incident was apparently a very stupid man running up a down escalator and in the process breaching a security perimeter.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-09-05 12:18am

Obviously, flashlights will now have to be banned from all U.S. airports, bus stations, and train terminals.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-09-05 12:41am

Patrick Degan wrote:Obviously, flashlights will now have to be banned from all U.S. airports, bus stations, and train terminals.

You'll have to pry my flashlight from my col....

/me watches the black helicopters hovering outside in spite of the incoming storm

Nevermind...

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2004-09-05 03:51am

Patrick Degan wrote:Obviously, flashlights will now have to be banned from all U.S. airports, bus stations, and train terminals.

Aren't flashlights part of the kit government want in your house, just in case the city suffers a terrorist attack?

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-09-05 03:59am

Well, we could just start carrying candles aboard instead, couldn't we?