2 crows plus a bag of flour equals a hazmat scene [WA]

THE HERALD, EVERETT, WASHINGTON ^ | Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 1:44 p.m. | Herald staff

[Hunton Peck]

EDMONDS -- Traffic in Edmonds was detoured for more than an hour Tuesday while a hazardous materials team investigated a report of a suspicious powder discovered at the intersection of Sunset Avenue and Edmonds Street.

"It turns out the white powdery substance is, in fact, flour," Snohomish County Fire District 1 spokeswoman Leslie Hynes said.

A witness told firefighters that a couple of crows were to blame.

[mkmensinger]

“A witness told firefighters that a couple of crows were to blame.”

I thought you needed four and twenty of those things along with the flour.

[Leo Carpathian]

Lucky there was no fluorescent light bulb involved.
Dat cuda been heywey closet for weaks!
Brave Hazmaters!

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

And how much did this little piece of brilliance cost the taxpayer???

WHere's people's common sense? well, people have common sense, govt workers apparently don't.

Figure 20k minimum?

Couldn't have someone just ask anyone if they saw where it came from. or have someone walk up to it and check it out ... nah. that would take some brains.

WHo needs brains when you have an infinite supply of tax dollars behind you?

What were the frickin odds that this was a hazardous substance???

[hoagy62]

You have to understand...this is Edmonds, WA. It is a community that is part of the Seattle-Everett-Tacoma metroplex.

Common sense abandoned this place a long, LONG time ago.

[JRandomFreeper]

4 and 20 blackbirds, not crows. You are also going to need some kind of fat for the pie crust. Magic ratio for pie crust is 3:2:1, in the order of flour:fat:ice-water.

I got recipes. ;)

/johnny