posted on April 22, 2003 08:24:33 AM new
Hazardous materials scare at Tacoma, Wash., postal facility; and also in Florida...workers find white powder ...possibly botulinum toxin or plague.
posted on April 22, 2003 08:31:16 AM new
you know they've been finding 'white substances' 3 different times in Seattle area P.O.'s , all turned out to be nothing..
NOT to say this one isn't. They got the whole nine yards there, National Guard, Bio tech people, they DO know its not anthrax, but could, *could* be ricin or botulism
Tacoma is not far from here, on up north up I-5 aways.
Art Bell Retired! George Noory is on late night coasttocoastam.com
posted on April 22, 2003 08:43:15 AM new
Well, hopefully it's just an exaggeration.
SEATTLE, April 22 (Reuters) - A postal facility was evacuated in Tacoma, Washington on Tuesday after white powder found on a mail sorting table initially tested positive as a biotoxin, MSNBC reported.
MSNBC said 94 people were evacuated from the mail distribution center and four of them were decontaminated. An army unit was brought in to investigate and carry out further tests.
posted on April 22, 2003 10:31:40 AM new
No matter what kind of powder these people spread around, they're terrorists and should be treated as such if they're ever found.
posted on April 22, 2003 01:14:04 PM new
Postal facility evacuated after powder found Associated Press
TACOMA, Wash. -- A mail distribution facility was evacuated early today after a white powder was found among a group of envelopes, but federal sources said comprehensive tests showed no signs of any biotoxins.
Fire Department Capt. Jolene Davis said the material was found about 12:45 a.m. on a mail processing table.
Four people who were close to it were decontaminated as a precaution and taken to a hospital for checkups, she said. They were released by late morning.
Two federal officials, one at Homeland Security and one at the Department of Health and Human Services, said comprehensive testing showed no signs of any biotoxins in the powder.
Samples were being sent to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for a final review, one official said.
