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
"Normally I would agree with you. Most of this stuff is probably copy-cat nonsense from the numerous sicko's in our society. But consider this scenario:"
I've considered your scenario. It's really far-fetched. How often do you go on a road trip and stop along the way at a POST OFFICE? Maybe ... once in a ... lifetime? Post offices are for the locals.
Until convinced otherwise, I'm considering ALL of these "white powder reports" as sicko copy-cat incidents. People who've had no attention in years sitting around their TV's and radios, waiting to giggle at how much discomfort they've caused to as many other pipple as possible.
As for the theories that "the real terrorists" are sending out "decoys" of talc powder to "soften us up" for when they send out "the real stuff" - give me a break. The mails are the WORST possible distribution method. They don't give you the mass numbers you want all on the same day. They take verification. The cutinaceous infections are easily healed. That's not worth the trouble. Terrorists want big kills, all at once. Ain't buyin' it.
Michael
Only problemo - there's been just the one "inhalation" death. You cannot keep it going on one death and everything else coming up negativo.
Michael
Hazardous Materials Scare At Fort Bragg
Military officials say preliminary tests show a hazardous materials scare at Fort Bragg is not linked to anthrax. It began around 11:30 last night at Womack Army Medical Center.
A retired soldier went to the emergency room complaining of burning eyes. He said he opened his mail and found a suspicious substance inside. Hospital officials called hazmat crews and tested the man for anthrax. The initial tests were negative... so the retired soldier was treated and released.
The suspicious piece of mail has been turned over to the FBI.
I do think though that smallpox would be the weapon of choice if they could get their hands on it.....that would cause much more panic and be much for efficient than sending some mail out.....which won't do anything.
Substance found in mail box tested
By The Associated Press
Oct 12, 2001 : 7:19 pm ET
LAUREL PARK -- Local and state officials are testing a white powder found in a mail drop box at a shopping center, but state officials said Friday there is no indication that the product is anthrax.
Three people were examined at a hospital Thursday night, including a mail carrier who got the substance on his clothes. Initial reports were that the package containing the powder exploded, but authorities on Friday said that was not true and that the powder only spilled on the carrier, the Hendersonville Times-News reported.
Officials were trying to determine if the substance contained any hazardous material or whether it was a hoax orchestrated on the one-month anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
Samples of the substance were taken to Pardee Hospital on Thursday and to a state laboratory Friday. The product was cultured, but there were no indications that the product was biological.
"We have no evidence of anthrax at this time," Dr. Steve Cline, chief of epidemiology for the state health department, told The Associated Press.
Cline and other state health officials held a news conference Friday evening in Raleigh to outline guidelines for handling suspicious mail.
The mail carrier in Laurel Park went to a nearby laundry to wash his hands, Valley Hill Fire Department Chief Wayne Banks said. A woman at the laundry and a police officer who responded also reportedly came in contact with the substance.
Firefighters cordoned off an area and evacuated people from the area. The three people exposed to the substance were asked to wait in a laundry room until the hazardous materials team from Asheville arrived.
The three people exposed put on yellow suits before being moved to a fitness club next to the shopping center where they showered, then were taken by ambulance to the hospital. The three were examined and released Thursday night.
Kathy Eubanks, the woman exposed at the laundry, said she was given an antibiotic by doctors at Pardee as a precaution. But Eubanks said a hospital official later contacted her and told her that preliminary testing showed the substance may have been salt.
Laurel Park Police Chief Don Fisher said authorities were waiting to learn whether the substance was dangerous before proceeding with their investigation.
Laurel Park is 20 miles south of Asheville.
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