Box of "Bird Brain Matter" explodes at FedEx in Columbus, Ohio (contaminated with West Nile Virus)

WCMH TV | March 18, 2003 | NBC Channel 4

[Sunshine55]

The 11 o'clock news has just announced that a box containing "bird brain matter" being shipped thru FedEx has exploded at the FedEx terminal on Gateway Blvd., possibly contaminating several employees at the hub. Hazmat crews and the fire dept. are on the scene. Details are scarce, but I will post more as I locate details.

[Sunshine55]

Now I ask you, what could possibly cause bird brains to become explosive? The preservative?

[mhking]

Just damn.

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[Poohbah]

The birds were eating bratwurst and drinking beer?

[Judith Anne]

Decomposition and gas formation. YUCK!

[CheneyChick]

Hopefully, it didn't affect the conveyor belts and get all over all the freight... (that goes all over the country). Is this a ground or an air facility?

[Sunshine55]

They were being shipped from one lab to another to study the virus, but I couldn't catch the destination or point of origination fast enough. All I got so far was that the box was full of brain matter from contaminated birds. Maybe someone else from Columbus will pop in and add to this...

[valkyrieanne]

I really, really hope it wasn't from Singapore or Hong Kong, where the CDC is now researching the new viral pneumonia...

[Sunshine55]

It's close to Columbus International, so it may be air AND ground.

[spunkets]

"The preservative?"

More likely the lack of.

[Busywhiskers]

Exploding bird brains. What is the world coming to.

[CheneyChick]

Inbound packages from SIN and HKG are usually cleared in Anchorage or Oakland, CA, I believe.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Exploding bird brains

For a moment I thought the anti-war protestors had taken to suicide bombing.

[Walkingfeather]

There is no way they could have had time to test the contents of the package Re( west nile) this quickly.

[savedbygrace]

Gotta be turkeys.

[RnMomof7]

Well I do not think it is much of a problem..alot of bird brains explode here daily and we survive

[HairOfTheDog]

Dang. I have to get these bird brains out of my house right away!

I had no idea!

[Cold Heat]

Good grief charlie brown!

Bird brains or bird crap.......If it isn't one thing, it's another!

See you all in the hospital after the terrorist attack. I will likely have SARS.

[Sunshine55]

Noooooo....they had ALREADY been tested, they were being shipped from one lab to another for FURTHER testing. That's why HAZMAT is on the scene and the place has been evac'ed.

[KarlInOhio]

What is it with Ohio this week? First the Cincinnati bomb squad blows up a suitcase containing bananas and floor tiles and now bird brains self destructingin Columbus. I'm going to hide in Indiana the rest of the week.

[thunders]

I think the issue is that they were being shipped from lab to another to be tested for possible contamination. So they don't know for sure, but the chances are high.