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To: Doc Bones who wrote (45768)	9/21/2002 2:21:29 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

Meanwhile, back at the Airport. Daily Brickbat Absurd news bites, served fresh every day. By Charles Oliver Airport Security Elite (9/20) Members of an elite team of federal airport screeners received as little as 15 minutes' training before starting to inspect baggage for bombs. The screeners are members of the Transportation Security Administration's Mobile Screening Force, which is intended to move from airport to airport as it "leads the way" in the federal takeover of aviation security. The screeners said they were never tested or certified in the operation of the bomb detection equipment and that requests for proper training have been ignored.

To: Doc Bones who wrote (45768)	9/24/2002 12:33:34 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Doc OT Thanks for that picture. That's amazing. Was it that bright? I was at the coast this weekend and had my friend stop so we could watch the sunset and possibly see the Emerald flash - the sky turns green as the sun sets below the ocean horizon, but only on a clear day, and I've only seen once it in CA, and this is OR. It didn't happen...BUT just at the moment when I'd have expected the sky to turn green for a nanosecond, came rising from the sea sparkling lights in a zigzag pattern that then went off to the right. I'm thinking "angels' my friend, a pilot. says it's a plane; the folks next to us say "birds" someone else said "aliens". Clearly, it was an anomaly almost as good as the green flash. :^)