[texbirds] Re: TX City Dike - Birding Vs. Security
- From: Kathleen Joy <kathleen.joy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "fcndc@xxxxxxxx" <fcndc@xxxxxxxx>, Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:15:47 -0800 (PST)
I have had police officers stop and question me on several occasions - only
once near a refinery while checking out water fowl at which time they ran my
driver's license. Each time the officers have been polite to me including the
refinery incident.
From: Fred Collins <fcndc@xxxxxxxx>
>To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:53 PM
>Subject: [texbirds] Re: TX City Dike - Birding Vs. Security
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>Dear Texbirders,
>
>I would suggest everyone ease-up about this. As Stennie pointed out Texas
>City has reason for concern. This sort of thing has never happened to me at
>Texas City but has at Quintana and Surfside both, a couple of times in the
>Brazos river area. Our petro chemical industry is full of very soft targets.
>Local folks and Federal agents from time to time investigate people eying
>critical facilities or those they have some reason to believe are
>threatened. Bird watchers don't have a clue what they are "aiming at" while
>looking at birds.
>
>As long as we, as a nation, choose to not profile the bad guys, expect the
>other 349,999,000 of us to be stopped and checked from time to time. It's no
>sillier than going through a body scan at an airport.
>
>Get over it and go birding.
>
>
>Fred Collins
>On the prairie in Waller County Texas
> TOS Life Member
> HAS Advisory Board
> KPC Advisory Board
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>Subject: [texbirds] Re: FW: Re: TX City Dike - Birding Vs. Security
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>I have been stopped by facility and Fred Hartman security guards when
>viewing into the facility or under the bridge while birding. As it was
>explained to me, the new Homeland Security laws does restrict photos and
>viewing, from a certain distance to prevent terrorist from planning an
>attack.
>
>However, I don't think that distance is as far away as the dike is to the
>oil refineries and chemical plants at Texas City. Since there have been
>several lethal explosions in the Texas City historically, and recently,
>there may be more sensitivity to this possibility.
>
>
>Stennie Meadours
>San Leon
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Kathleen Ybañez
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North of Houston on Hwy 59
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