Thanks for the heads up Brian. Hmmm....

 

They just told you the day before? Crazy.

 

Hide your dog(s)!!!

-R

 

I think "they" just told the company the day before and knowing the woman in HR she sent out the email immediately after receiving the information.

 

Yea. Can't be a coincidence.

 

I've always thought that an attack there would have catastrophic local financial impact and shut down the interstate.

 

My office is near the south side of the tank farm. I pass by some of the gates occasionally and sometimes will see a DHS vehicle or a local police car(s) sitting at these gates. I don't see them all of the time, just off and on now and then. It's not the actual tank farm I'd be concerned about however. It's the pipeline and the associated valves along the line that I'd be concerned about if it were up to me.

 

Your company didn't get any information? I wonder why we did? Maybe because we're a FI? We're on Market just south of the airport, between Friendly and 68.

 

Short notice reduces the likelihood of organized protestors. Someone take pictures.

 

My buddy in the marine reserves is at Lejeune, they were rolling down I-40 with the fully armed convoy last I heard. I'm sure he's in on this.

 

Also interesting that all the DOT cameras in GSO are offline.

 

That is weird. Just a blue screen too, nothing that gives any excuse.

Here's something from TIMS NC DOT
Boulder Rd Both Directions
Special Event
Road Closed with Detour
Boulder Rd will be closed to through traffic between Burnt Poplar Rd and Chimney Rock Rd due to a Law Enforcement training exercise.

 

Word has it they found a cache of militia armament...all aboard a mysterious submerged boat with the cryptic letters S.N.A.L. This operation is just a cover up for the recovery.

 

Word has it they found a cache of militia armament...all aboard a mysterious submerged boat with the cryptic letters S.N.A.L. This operation is just a cover up for the recovery.

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better message him and tell him they found his shit

 

The only reason stuff like this bothers me is that the last few times training went on bad things happened within miles of it.

 

Examples? I'm not familiar with previous training exercises.

 

I'll be right back. I think my aluminum turban needs a few more wraps.

 

Not Jade Helm. Perhaps they are actually training for a very realistic scenario.

http://www.wral.com/lightning-sparks-gas-tank-farm-fire/7773524/

 

I'm so glad that peckerhead David Douglas retired. He had one of his minions write me a ticket once for starting a show when the firetruck wasn't present, but it was his guys who moved the truck during a rain delay for no reason other than to be "visible to the public". Contractually the truck was to be onsite the entire time the site was "hot" (explosives on site) except in the event of another emergency. They also weren't in contact with the event sponsor, so when it was "go time" they were unaware. I gave the ticket to my pyro boss, who in turn gave it to Betty Cone (sponsor).....and the ticket simply vanished.

 

 

I just got back from the post office up on W. Market. I drove up Tarrant to Chimney Rock and then crossed the Boulder Rd. bridge over to Burnt Poplar then back over to Chimney Rock and up to W. Market. That's the route I normally take to the Post office. I didn't see anything unusual, not even one police car.

 

Something's different. Just saw 3 Cabarrus SO deputies sitting in front of Fire Station #2 for Midland on Hwy 49. Just sitting there with lights on, blocking thr entrance.

Saw 3 other ones huddled up yesterday at a vacant business of 601, just milling around.

 

Something's different. Just saw 3 Cabarrus SO deputies sitting in front of Fire Station #2 for Midland on Hwy 49. Just sitting there with lights on, blocking thr entrance.

Saw 3 other ones huddled up yesterday at a vacant business of 601, just milling around.

CC sheriffs deputies? Now that is different. Usually it's the city cops just sitting in a parking lot doing nothing. I have some friends that are deputies. I will have to ask around.

 

Would have loved to get some pics of that exercise

 

Hey guys, a topic in my area of expertise. I was at the Tank fire. I used to contract for CPL and now work for another company in the industry. That farm is the largest on the east coast, but as stated earlier, the pipeline is the main concern. They fly over multiple times a week and offer cash rewards to citizens who report suspicious activity and leaks. In this industry, we have drills multiple times a year, however, they normally do not involve the national guard. Typically NO notice is given. The main .gov involved is the EPA. However, CPL and only a small handful of others are willing to help the local state and fed governments when they ask. I wouldn't mind knowing if anyone near Greensboro catches some of the exercise on tape or pics.

 

If I'm out that way at my office this weekend, which I normally am, I'll see what I can do.

 

so why would all the DOT cameras go offline?

 

So the convoy's can't be tracked or targeted. A couple of stories about that...

Years ago, in my IT life, I was contracted to do a project for SCDOT. One of my task was to technically document the SCDOT highway fiber optic backbone camera system. This camera system allows the central office to visually track any vehicle(s), on the major highways, from the moment it(they) enters the state, to the moment it leaves. Continuous coverage. Every camera is within view of another camera. Specific targets to observe could be nuclear waste shipments coming through the state. It was originally designed as a highway safety enhancement. They have a reciprocal agreement with the NCDOT cameras, so they can actually start tracing before something enters the state. I believe some of the feeds are accessible but new agencies, etc. NCDOT has since installed a similar system. I don't know the extent, but I have been to the monitoring center here in Charlotte. It's like a war room out of a sci-fi movie with a huge wall of flat screen monitors. When SCDOT's went in, they were still using CRT's.
So, my question is, did the cameras go offline or just public access to them?

I have an associate that tells the story of a friend who was on the inter-coastal waterway when they encountered a small convoy of military vessels. They were asked heave to or whatever the nautical term is for pulling over. They were escort vehicles for a submarine. (Can you have a sub on the inter-coastal waterway?) Someone on the boat noticed that their GPS as gone off line. It didn't return until the convoy had passed them for some distance.

 

I work in South Charlotte very near to the police and fire training center.
I saw lots of vehicles and personnel yesterday on site, as well as a helicopter circling very low overhead.
A girl in the office saw a bunch of guys wearing balaclavas running across the road on her way back from lunch.

 

I work in South Charlotte very near to the police and fire training center.
I saw lots of vehicles and personnel yesterday on site, as well as a helicopter circling very low overhead.
A girl in the office saw a bunch of guys wearing balaclavas running across the road on her way back from lunch.

kind of hot for that

 

I saw a very .mil helicopter (looked like an apache to this untrained eye) flying low and slow over the chick-fil-a by bass pro in Cary around 6pm.

 

There is a Nat Guard unit at RDU. They fly around the Triangle all the time.

 

I just noticed after work today the big electronic signs on the Boulder Rd. bridge about it being closed Friday through Sunday this coming weekend. I was curious so I drove over there to see if anything had changed since my first post. They may have been there when I was on my way to the post office today and I just didn't pay attention. I went that route on the the way to the post office, but returned on a different route. @Don would you and your wife like to come back over this weekend and watch some more of those rocket launches?

 

@Don would you and your wife like to come back over this weekend and watch some more of those rocket launches?

Sure. Ought to be interesting...

 

The chatter amongst the IT Security sector is very real concerns over very real threats against our grid and fuel supply infrastructure. If they weren't running drills on possible incident response for these things I would be much more concerned.