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Texas ALERT!!!!!
Bubba Joel
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http://www.sierratimes.com/02/05/15/arjj051502.htm
18-Wheel Advisory Update
On Missing Cyanide Truck
By J.J. Johnson
Published 05. 14. 02 at 18:25 Sierra Time
U.S - MEXICAN BORDER - Let's get you caught up on the missing cyanide truck that
seems to have slipped under the Homeland Security color-coded radar. The Sierra Time
was among the first online publications to make this warning public. We need to make
a slight clarification as to where the truck was stolen.
The tractor-trailer, hauling a hundred drums of cyanide, was hijacked in the state of
Hidalgo along Highway 85, north of Mexico City - not Texas. It's been missing since May
13, 2002.
Border patrol agents along Texas and Mexico are now on high alert - We're talking
LEVEL 1. Here's the description, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety,
and verified by the FBI:
White 2002 Kenworth Tractor Trailer
Mexico license plate number 980CZ6.
No one on either side of the border has a clear idea where this potentially lethal cargo
is, or what the hijackers plan to do with it. You can assume that if it was stolen, the
plans probably aren't noble ones (unless you're on some Jihad mission). Another
clarification we must make from the initial report is that, according to Mexican
authorities, there were three gunmen - not two. There was no information given about
the description of the men involved, but you can make an educated guess - and
probably be correct.
A truck stopped in the Northwest Monday was found with traces of explosives, and
men holding Israeli passports.
U.S. Customs agents say they are looking very carefully at everyone and everything
crossing the border - including pedestrians, but experts in the trucking industry said
that even with the heightened security, the deadly cargo could be disguised.
Landstar Safety's Steve Gullekson told a local television station in Dallas, "They could
transfer it to another truck, mark it as something else, and, unless they look
suspicious, nobody's gonna look at it."
A dose the size of a quarter can kill. Cyanide compounds usually have an almond-like
smell, but if you get a whiff of this stuff, you're already in trouble. Most cargo
shipments look like a white, granular or crystalline solid. Since we're talking 100 drums
of this stuff (do the math), we'll need to go over its killing power.
Inhalation, indigestion or with contact (skin or eyes) with vapors, dust or substances
can cause severe injury, burns or death.
Reaction with water or moist air will release toxic, corrosive, and flammable gases. It
may also generate lots of heat that will increase the concentration of fumes in the air.
Fire will produce irritating or corrosive gases.
Source: CDC
If this truck is located, and flips, detonates etc., look for the authorities to evacuate
everything in at least a ? mile radius. And you want to make sure you stay upwind
from this stuff. It is a toxin and not a communicable illness.
If contained in a truck, it can be disguised, but this is one truck that probably won't be
stopping at a weigh station.
Happy hunting, Texas - and stay safe.
Downloadable white paper on Cyanide, which is classified as HAZ-MAT material, can be
obtained here: http://www.sierratimes.com/downloads/g157.pdf
(17K .pdf file)
http://www.tmorg-forums.com/
18-Wheel Advisory Update
On Missing Cyanide Truck
By J.J. Johnson
Published 05. 14. 02 at 18:25 Sierra Time
U.S - MEXICAN BORDER - Let's get you caught up on the missing cyanide truck that
seems to have slipped under the Homeland Security color-coded radar. The Sierra Time
was among the first online publications to make this warning public. We need to make
a slight clarification as to where the truck was stolen.
The tractor-trailer, hauling a hundred drums of cyanide, was hijacked in the state of
Hidalgo along Highway 85, north of Mexico City - not Texas. It's been missing since May
13, 2002.
Border patrol agents along Texas and Mexico are now on high alert - We're talking
LEVEL 1. Here's the description, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety,
and verified by the FBI:
White 2002 Kenworth Tractor Trailer
Mexico license plate number 980CZ6.
No one on either side of the border has a clear idea where this potentially lethal cargo
is, or what the hijackers plan to do with it. You can assume that if it was stolen, the
plans probably aren't noble ones (unless you're on some Jihad mission). Another
clarification we must make from the initial report is that, according to Mexican
authorities, there were three gunmen - not two. There was no information given about
the description of the men involved, but you can make an educated guess - and
probably be correct.
A truck stopped in the Northwest Monday was found with traces of explosives, and
men holding Israeli passports.
U.S. Customs agents say they are looking very carefully at everyone and everything
crossing the border - including pedestrians, but experts in the trucking industry said
that even with the heightened security, the deadly cargo could be disguised.
Landstar Safety's Steve Gullekson told a local television station in Dallas, "They could
transfer it to another truck, mark it as something else, and, unless they look
suspicious, nobody's gonna look at it."
A dose the size of a quarter can kill. Cyanide compounds usually have an almond-like
smell, but if you get a whiff of this stuff, you're already in trouble. Most cargo
shipments look like a white, granular or crystalline solid. Since we're talking 100 drums
of this stuff (do the math), we'll need to go over its killing power.
Inhalation, indigestion or with contact (skin or eyes) with vapors, dust or substances
can cause severe injury, burns or death.
Reaction with water or moist air will release toxic, corrosive, and flammable gases. It
may also generate lots of heat that will increase the concentration of fumes in the air.
Fire will produce irritating or corrosive gases.
Source: CDC
If this truck is located, and flips, detonates etc., look for the authorities to evacuate
everything in at least a ? mile radius. And you want to make sure you stay upwind
from this stuff. It is a toxin and not a communicable illness.
If contained in a truck, it can be disguised, but this is one truck that probably won't be
stopping at a weigh station.
Happy hunting, Texas - and stay safe.
Downloadable white paper on Cyanide, which is classified as HAZ-MAT material, can be
obtained here: http://www.sierratimes.com/downloads/g157.pdf
(17K .pdf file)
http://www.tmorg-forums.com/