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January 28, 2005
More Airport Blogging!
I got back to Detroit in time to have a nice visit with Rosemary Esmay and Draco - well, he doesn't really talk yet, but he has a very nice gurgle.
I took the scenic route down 23 from Alpena - got a couple of what I hope are great pictures of sunrise over Lake Huron.
I kinda missed one turn and it took me about 40 minutes longer to get to the Esmay's house than it should have - but at least I found them!
For the first time ever, the alarm went off when I walked through the metal detector here in Detroit. I wore exactly the same thing that I wore when I walked through the Kansas City metal detector on Sunday.
This tells me that the sensitivity for the Detroit metal detector is set to pick up anything metal at all - I'm guessing that with the large foreign population here, it is perhaps a riskier place.
It was my underwire bra - now, I expect it to beep when I get picked for special wanding, but it has never caused a beep when going through any metal detector anywhere I have flown - and that is a whole lot of airports!
The young lady who searched me was very nice, a bit embarrassed and quite apologetic and kind. I appreciate that kind of attitude - it is all too rare among the TSA.
Posted by Beth at January 28, 2005 3:18 PM
Comments
Underwire bra... I've heard of that happening, but so far it hasn't happened to me - thank goodness as I seem to have way more than the usual problems when traveling! Glad to hear your trip went well.
Posted by: Teresa at January 28, 2005 6:33 PM
Huh, I've never had that problem at the detroit airport; they must have turned up the sensitivity range!! Are you on your way home now?
Posted by: Michele at January 29, 2005 3:55 AM
My bra set one of once - and the person with the wand was very nice. Since then I always wear non-underwires for travel, though. And slip-off shoes as well.
Posted by: Barb at January 30, 2005 11:28 PM
They must have turned them up only recently because I always thought that Detroit was sensitive enough because I was setting all other cities detectors off but never Detroit.
It's always my underwire also, that just so sucks.
Posted by: Machelle at January 31, 2005 12:19 PM