Post Office

[beautiful_mess38]

Does anyone know whats going on at the post office. Its taped off and the sheriffs are there.

[Dodgergirl]

Oakhurst? or Coarsegold?

[beautiful_mess38]

Oakhurst

[Average Joe]

The Bomb squad is there.

[Average Joe]

Suspicious package.

[CatdaBrat]

Dammit, I KNEW Uncle Fester was gonna cause trouble when he ordered new blasting caps and powder!

[rimalicious]

I heard theyve evacuated all the businesses over there and the bomb squad is on their way up from fresno

[SheilaMae]

oh geesh!! Oakhurst'll be on the news tonite.

[Average Joe]

Originally posted by CatdaBrat:
Dammit, I KNEW Uncle Fester was gonna cause trouble when he ordered new blasting caps and powder! http://65.42.106.152/forums/images/smilies/rotflmao.gif http://65.42.106.152/forums/images/smilies/laughabove.gif

[beautiful_mess38]

Cat you crack me up http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/rofl5.gif

[TOT]

I wish i would have read this before trying to go there! Yep. It's all blocked off. Just got back. Fireguy said it'll be blocked off for at least another hour.

[TOT]

Per Mysteefied -

She believes they evacuated the post office, longs, the bank, but she's still there at Pak N Page. So if you need to send something out or want to go say hi, she's there.

She said some guy in a hazmat suit was checking out the blue drop off mail boxes in front of the post office, but that's all she's seen so far.

[beautiful_mess38]

I wonder if its the same person who threatned a bomb at Payless remember that.

[TOT]

guess they blew up whatever it was, so perhaps it'll be open again soon

[beautiful_mess38]

Package Prompts Bomb Scare in OakhurstFebruary 6, 2006 - A bomb scare led to some tense moments in Oakhurst Monday morning.

Authorities say a postal worker found a suspicious device Monday morning when she came to clear out a drive-thru mail drop box in front of the post office.
Officials say the package was about four inches long and three inches in diameter and had a fuse coming out of it.

The scare forced the post office and half of the strip mall it is located in to shut down for most of the day.

The bomb squad removed the device and blew it up away from the mailbox. They collected what was left, and authorities say they will examine the evidence to see what it was and who might have put it there.

They still do not know if it was a real bomb, but it caused a real headache for people who live and work in the area.

"This is a small community, and you don't expect things like this to happen, you know .... If it's a joke it's not a funny joke," said resident Kerrie Sanders.

No mail was affected.