FBI investigating thefts of 100 propane tanks in Denver area

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FBI investigating thefts of 100 propane tanks in Denver area

Monday, November 8, 2004


(11-08) 12:24 PST DENVER (AP) --

The FBI is investigating the reported thefts of scores of propane cylinders in the Denver area -- a crime spree that has raised fears of a terrorist attack.

About 100 cylinders, each containing about 7.8 gallons of the highly flammable gas and weighing about 33 pounds, have been stolen from various businesses since July, FBI agent Monique Kelso said Monday.

The investigation was first reported by KMGH-TV in Denver.

"The potential threat is that these propane tanks get into the wrong hands ... and get into the hands of those that are willing to commit a crime on the magnitude of the Oklahoma City bombing or another terrorist attack," Kelso told the station.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. making sure we remain afraid

or are they gonna make it happen?

[Javaman]

14. Be afraid, be very afraid...

[oneighty]

2. More likely

a cold homeowner planning to survive the winter

180

[pinerow]

3. You may be correct 180....

nt

[aquart]

5. I was about to say.

I expect many more thefts of any kind of portable energy.

[BiggJawn]

6. That's what I'm thinking.

Sneak up to the local Gas n' Gulp after they close, bust the cheesy lock that might not have even been latched all the way on the "Blue Rhino" corral, VOILA! Free HEAT!

Yeah, it's "Terrorist Related" all right, the "terror" is that there are people in this "Great Nation" who aren't going to be able to even keep fucking WARM this winter.

But then, it's their own fault for being "lazy", isn't it? That's what the fuckers always told me during the reign of Ronaldus Rex...

[UpInArms]

4. common sense check please

how about winter is coming or is so near your breath probably frosts over and the price of propane has skyrocketed.

Bet the black market is booming for those little space heaters that run on a small canister of propane.

:eyes:

Oh, excuse me, I forgot there are terrasts everywhere! EEEEEKKKK! I'm skeered! :scared:

[durablend]

11. Yes...reality has NO place in this country!

Shame on you...white is black, up is down, in is out.

Those people that stole those tanks are TERRORISTS for sure...NO other reason for it.

[UpInArms]

13. you're right

:hangingheadinshame:

off to the re-education camp with me!

[Rose Siding]

24. Really! 100 since July is just 25 a month

This is NUTS

[kysrsoze]

25. Only problem is these people will kill themselves if they use it indoors

Using one of those things in the house would likely result in carbon monoxide poisoning.

[hlthe2b]

7. Aren't these the standard BBQ grill type? Pardon my ignorance, but....

Seems to me mine weighs about 33 pounds....?

If so, they are EVERYWHERE....:SHRUG:

[BiggJawn]

10. Yeah, but this is Denver, and Kleibold and Harris...

...tried to make bombs out of propane canisters when they got their 15 minutes.

[hlthe2b]

21. Sure, but I expect someone could snare this amount easily

between the King Soopers and various gas stations anywhere in town...

I guess we need SOMETHING to worry about, besides stolen elections..:shrug:

[TX-RAT]

19. 7.8 gallons

Sorry don't know the weight of liquid propane. I believe waters 8.3

[Ducks In A Row]

8. nothing to do with the price of propane, people losing jobs, not being

able to afford to keep warm.

I guess that never entered their pointy heads

[da_chimperor]

9. Perhaps the 'terrorists' are having a barbecue?

I know it's November, but BBQ's are always in season. Hell, I did steaks on the grill the day before Christmas a few years ago.

[CO Liberal]

12. Maybe The Terrorists Are Planning The "Mother of All Picnics"

:shrug:

[auburngrad82]

15. Maybe it's Bin Laden's "inferno"

or it could just be a church picnic.

[AlCzervik]

20. This inferno is sponsered by Blue Rhino!

[leftchick]

16. perhaps someone is expecting a cold winter??

:shrug:

[Alpharetta]

17. Eureka! I know how to find all the lost weapons and explosives

Put a GPS unit on some propane tanks. They'll probably end up in the hands of the same organization who stole the 400 tons of high density explosives and all those surface-to-air missiles in Iraq.

[AlCzervik]

18. Thats nothing, my town has the 2nd largest propane holding facility in the

US. It was threatened about 3 years ago by some anti-government militia people, they're in jail now but i happen to know that homeland security or the owners of said facility have proved no increased protection.

On Edit: I forgot, a new mall will be built 1 1/2 miles away from that place in the next 3 years.

[prairie populist]

22. I bet they've been swiped for meth labs

[Rush1184]

27. Good call...

To bad logical explainations like this go over some peoples heads, well, at least 51% of people.

[newyawker99]

28. Hi Rush1184!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Blue_Tires]

23. someone search Hank Hill's place in Tejas

lol

[VivaKerry]

26. End result: probably some now very poor family

ensuring SOME heat for this winter.