possible 'chemical' scare in Madison, WI

RogueAngel · Post by **RogueAngel** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 1:57 am

wow ... i hadn't heard about that! and don't knock wisconsin! we have a lot of reasons to be targets. a lot of shipping comes from greenbay and such cities. we also have a truck company that has made tanks for previous wars. and ya never know! my mom told me that my grandpa used to drive POW's to the POW camp up north! we're not as insignificant as you'd think!

Octapus_E · Post by **Octapus_E** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 3:04 am

Phft. It's all cheese and beer, and cows. I'm betting the "mysterious white powder" is drugs at most, and more likey powdered sugar. -Octapus
-a place that characterizes itself with yellow foam cheese hats should stop takeing itself so seriously.

DukeNuke · Post by **DukeNuke** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 6:04 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by RogueAngel:
and don't knock wisconsin! we have a lot of reasons to be targets. a lot of shipping comes from greenbay and such cities. we also have a truck company that has made tanks for previous wars. and ya never know! my mom told me that my grandpa used to drive POW's to the POW camp up north! we're not as insignificant as you'd think!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yea, but if you wanted to do this kind of thing, would you do it in Winsconsin, or a more popular spot like L.A. or Miami?<img src="http://www.angelfire.com/games/extremeg ... s/DUKE.art" ALT="This is Duke. Told you I look like a Coke ad.">
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Joshnickerson · Post by **Joshnickerson** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 7:17 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by DukeNuke:

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ZOMBIE USER 1304 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 1304** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 11:14 am

oh wonderful. This is just breaking here in Madison now. The American Family Insurance Building has been evacuated when the mail room opened an envelope that contained some kind of powder. There's like 40-some people that have been 'quarantined'. No one has been taken to the hospital yet.yikes. This is just breaking now, and hopefully will turn into just a scare.I just remarked to a coworker this morning in light of the 'be on watch the next couple days' scare, that, "hey, we're in Wisconsin. Nothing's going to happen here."~j

Cap'n Lazarus · Post by **Cap'n Lazarus** » Sat Oct 13, 2001 4:20 am

.....Terrorists don't need anthrax spores to paralyze commerce and industry--all they need to do is sprinkle a little baby powder or some rottenstone in an envelope and the whole place screams, runs and shuts down. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/mad.gif">------------------
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ZOMBIE USER 1304 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 1304** » Sat Oct 13, 2001 7:25 am

we should be all good. no one tested positive for anything yet. this is probably a case of some wonderful deranged person pulling a prank.at least it's not real

PolyWitch · Post by **PolyWitch** » Sat Oct 13, 2001 10:58 am

Here in the Denver Metro area, we had a "powder scare" that closed a post office and restricted access to one of the hospitals. It turned out to be pudding mix. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/rolleyes.gif"> Today a plane bound for Denver diverted to Indianapolis because a flight attendant found some white powder on his/her hands. It was deodorant from a trash bag. The newscaster tonight asked "Are we overreacting?" One of the spice* and I immediately shouted at the TV, in unison, "Hell yes!" Startled my daughter, who was getting ready to fall asleep.*Spice is the plural of spouse. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">------------------
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Colorblind · Post by **Colorblind** » Sun Oct 14, 2001 7:11 am

Spice, eh? Lucky you <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> How's that work, anyway? I've always wondered about that...And yeah, this whole thing is scary as fuck. Thing is, how *do* you know if you're overreacting when all you've got to go on is whether or not you've got "white powder" on your hands or not? Remember when people used to tell you about how they'd worry about getting nuked in the '50s and '60s. It's kinda weird how now we worry about getting some kinda odd disease, nowadays. Remember apathy? Blargh. But anyway. So yeah, Jackie and Ada...that'd be an interesting couple. I think they could have fun with that, assuming they'd both be into it. Otherwise, well...hmm...I don't think it'd *wreck* things for them, friendship-wise, but it'd still be odd. The focal point of a few jokes, anyway <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">ok, that's enough outta me. bi, all!

DocMan · Post by **DocMan** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 1:26 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Colorblind:
And yeah, this whole thing is scary as fuck. Thing is, how *do* you know if you're overreacting when all you've got to go on is whether or not you've got "white powder" on your hands or not? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That's not all you've got to go on. If you think things through, you'll realize that around 80% of us are perfectly safe. For one thing, no one's going to send you an anthraxgram at home. No profit in it. A terrorist will want to send something where it will hurt the most people at once. Unless you're someone famous, the mail you get at home is safe.Business mail is safe, too, because you can immediately spot the "suspect package". It won't look like anything else you normally recieve. This is especially true in those places where the receptionist opens all the mail. Of course, there it would suck to be the receptionist. Or a mail-room person. Or a postal employee. But that pretty much goes without saying.No, odds are that if someone gets a powdergram now it's from some prankster who's sending talcum powder or powdered sugar to random addresses just to see it on the news. Or somebody who sends a powdergram to themsleves so they can get out of work for a few days.Besides, why fear exposure to anthrax when it's easily tested for and more easily cured? The most dangerous form of anthrax exposure is inhaling spores. And the reason that that is dangerous is because people don't get treated until they have trouble breathing.Life's much easier to take if you think things through. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Remember when people used to tell you about how they'd worry about getting nuked in the '50s and '60s. It's kinda weird how now we worry about getting some kinda odd disease, nowadays. Remember apathy?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>And it's still more likey that you'll die from being hit by a meteorite than from being nuked or an anthraxgram. And even more likely that you'll die in a slipping on wet tile when getting out of the tub. Yet somehow most people continue to risk bathing.Doc
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ZOMBIE USER 1159 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 1159** » Mon Oct 22, 2001 11:11 am

Some good points there.
Here's a letter to the editor from my local paper that more or less sums up what I'm worried will be the fallout of this whole mess:
"The declaration of the new war by the government of the United States on the Osama bin Laden and the Taliban is a great mistake since the democracies and the U.S. have already lost the war. The terrorists have spread fear and hysteria, temporarily upset the economy and financial institutions, given airlines the opportunity to blackmail the government for bailouts...and enabled self-serving politicians to enact hasty and poorly written legislation to fool citizens into believing that they are acting in their best interests to provide security..."About the only good thing that might be happening in this is that the US gov't and military are using this as an excuse to try to take down the Taliban 'gov't', like they ended up using Pearl Harbor to enter WWII.
Ah well, that's my two cents.