Posted on 10/13/2001 11:15:45 AM PDT by blackbag
A Post Office in North Raleigh has been closed off. Emotional workers are being questioned away from the building. All entrances to the parking lot are blocked by Police. Building is sealed. Even Police are staying hundreds of feet away from the stucture. Police are calling it an incident. Privately one officer stated he had major concerns and was awaiting further instructions. Special Response Team has been called
Also had several envelopes found at the rest stop on I-10 where the British Tourist, Gary Colley, had been murdered years ago. Powder, and "Anthrax" misspelled on the front.
I hope these people who think they are having fun with this know the amount of shtuff they're gonna get kicked outta them if they ever get caught...this is not something to joke about.
Post Office Urges Vigilance on Suspicious Mail (Reuters) The U.S. Postal Service said on Friday it is encouraging employees and customers to be vigilant when handling suspicious packages following a rash of anthrax cases and fears the bacteria may have spread by mail. - Oct 12 6:58 PM ET
Search for Anthrax Spreads to Florida Post Office (Reuters) ... quarantined American Media headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida, the investigation spread to a nearby post office branch where the firm had its mail dropped, officials of the American Postal Workers... - Oct 12 5:22 PM ET
Post Office Watching For Suspicious Packages (WJXT News4Jax.com) ... News' Jim Piggott reported that 208 billion pieces of mail funnel through Jacksonville's main post office each year, and that safety is always a consideration. "We believe our mail is safe;... - Oct 12 4:55 PM ET
Post Office Advice for Mail Safety (ABCNEWS.com) The United States Post Office's advice for handling business mail safely. - Oct 12 3:51 PM ET
Fla. Anthrax Victim Returns to Work (AP) Investigators searching for the source of deadly anthrax spores in a supermarket tabloid building tested 15 clerks on Friday who worked in a post office that handled the company's mail, a union official said. - Oct 12 12:12 PM ET
FlaPost Office Increases Security Measures (KSAT ClickOnSA.com) ..." The U.S. Post Office processes more than 200 billion pieces of mail each year.... - Oct 11 7:56 PM ET
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=Post+Office+
He doesnt spend time sorting mail in post offices does he? If we are talking Anthrax, you've got to touch it, eat it, or inhale it. Being in the same city as some sealed off post office isnt going to harm anyone. Now if they found a nuke in the mail, that might be a different story.
I have various saddles/tack scheduled to be delivered in the next few days, via UPS. There has been some talk, that a package seems to have been tampered with AFTER the person mailed it out.
Do you think it'd be a good idea for me to let a sheriff or such, open my saddle/tack deliveries? Or would that be over-reacting?
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