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Sep. 11th, 2004 09:00 pmThe absolute weirdest thing is going on in town tonight.
My parents have a scanner and my stepdad likes to listen to the channel the police officers talk on and since about five he's been listening--there was a section of town not far from me (locals: in Corey and Justin's neighborhood) that was closed off with cops from two towns searching it.
Then half the cruisers went screaming off towards the lake (locals: across from where my parents live? Killdeer? around there) because of an 'oil slick on the water--keep everyone off the lake'. And now they're back in my neighborhood, saying they've 'found something'.
They shut down the road that leads to my house, they've shut down Main Street, they've shut down...whatever the name of the road is, that leads up to the beach entrance. That gives them a clear shot to the beach. They've shut down the highway between exits 2 and 1, a stretch of highway that runs behind the beach. No pedestrians, no cars allowed. No reporters allowed. They've got a crew out at the lake digging a hole 4x4' and 5' deep and cops planning to use a 'two by two'--which is apparently two cop cars leading, two cop cars side by side, and two cop cars following--to take something out to the hole they're digging.
Because it's 9/11, we're like 'it's some kind of bomb hoax' but man. Man. It's frigging creepy. My mom just called me back to say that they're almost done closing things off and I realized how *quiet* it is. There are no cars on the roads near my house which are normally pretty busy. I keep straining to hear the police doing whatever it is they're doing, but there's *nothing* and now I'm just freaking myself out.
Oh, Mom called again--Channel 5 is being told by the local police that after 'this is out of their hands' they'll meet back at the police station and give the reporters more information. I'm gonna sign offline and wait for more info.
My parents have a scanner and my stepdad likes to listen to the channel the police officers talk on and since about five he's been listening--there was a section of town not far from me (locals: in Corey and Justin's neighborhood) that was closed off with cops from two towns searching it.
Then half the cruisers went screaming off towards the lake (locals: across from where my parents live? Killdeer? around there) because of an 'oil slick on the water--keep everyone off the lake'. And now they're back in my neighborhood, saying they've 'found something'.
They shut down the road that leads to my house, they've shut down Main Street, they've shut down...whatever the name of the road is, that leads up to the beach entrance. That gives them a clear shot to the beach. They've shut down the highway between exits 2 and 1, a stretch of highway that runs behind the beach. No pedestrians, no cars allowed. No reporters allowed. They've got a crew out at the lake digging a hole 4x4' and 5' deep and cops planning to use a 'two by two'--which is apparently two cop cars leading, two cop cars side by side, and two cop cars following--to take something out to the hole they're digging.
Because it's 9/11, we're like 'it's some kind of bomb hoax' but man. Man. It's frigging creepy. My mom just called me back to say that they're almost done closing things off and I realized how *quiet* it is. There are no cars on the roads near my house which are normally pretty busy. I keep straining to hear the police doing whatever it is they're doing, but there's *nothing* and now I'm just freaking myself out.
Oh, Mom called again--Channel 5 is being told by the local police that after 'this is out of their hands' they'll meet back at the police station and give the reporters more information. I'm gonna sign offline and wait for more info.
