Suspicious Envelope Found At Brooks City Base
8 People Possibly Exposed To White Powdery Substance
POSTED: 1:45 PM CST February 17, 2004
SAN ANTONIO -- An envelope containing an unknown powdery substance was discovered Tuesday at Brooks City Base.
San Antonio Fire Department officials said eight people were possibly exposed to the substance and are in process of being examined.
The building where the envelope was delivered was evacuated and is located near the main gate of the base at Interstate 37 South and Southwest Military Drive.
http://www.ksat.com/news/2853369/detail.htmlHmmmmm, San Antonio, again. that seems to be a constant theme, mulitiple scares in the same city.
well, anyway, here's the update powder list.
If you have any stories to add, let me know:
Nov. 2003
Washington DC
White House - Positive for ricin
Greenville, SC -Positive for ricin
Feb.2, 2004
Washington DC
Capitol Building - Positive for ricin
NYC -
Brooklyn Rugby Post Office at 726 Utica Ave. in Brooklyn-HOAX Morgan Processing and Distribution Center on Ninth Avenue near 30th Street in Manhattan - HOAX
Farley Post Office building on Eighth Avenue between 31st and 33rd streets - HOAX
Wallingford - HOAX
Health officials wrap up tests of powder found at Wallingford Post Office
Bradley International Airport
Philadelphia - HOAX
Bridgeport - HOAX
Feb. 3, 2004
Melbourne, Fl
4 Quarantined After Suspicious Package Found
Package Contains Test Tubes, White Powder
Feb. 4, 2004
Sante Fe, NM
State Library-hoax
San Antonio, TX
Senator Cornyn's office
Memphis, TN
Suspicious Powder Found In WREG Lobby-man taken into custody
Rome, Italy
Editorial offices of Il Messaggero
Feb.5, 2004
Atlanta
Fulton Industrial bulk mail facility
Hagerstown, MD
Direct Mail processors Incorporated
Huber Hieghts, Ohio
Suspicious Powder Closes Local Courthouse
Feb.6, 2004
Windsor Locks
Powder found at airport postal facility
Fayetteville, NC
Post Office-not ricin, but no other results given
Kearny, NJ
Dominic V. Daniels mail processing center
Surprise, Az.
White powder in letter shuts Surprise court
Feb. 7, 2004
Beaumont, TX
U.S. Postal Service Remote Encoding Center
Feb. 8, 2004
Charlotte, NC
North Lake Park Post Office-"could"have been sawdust-still testing
Feb. 9, 2004
New Cannan, CT
Police headquaters
Feb. 10, 2004
ELKO, Nev.
Northeastern Nevada town has hazardous material scare
Elko, NV benign? (doesn't seem right)
Monroe Township, NJ.
Powder Found at Williamstown New Jersey Post Office
Maybe there was no powder at post office
Anthrax ruled out at post office
Clarke County, Va
Suspicious Powder Sent to Project HOPE
Harmless?
Moscow-BP headquarters
Suspicious Mail Tested at BP's Moscow HQ
Feb.11, 2004
Charlotte, NC
Post office has 2nd 'powder' scare
Petersburg, Va
Two post offices closed because of suspicious powder
Powder scare in Petersburg Mystery packages tested to reveal non-hazardous substances-still
Mystery packages tested to reveal non-hazardous substances
Person of interest
Elko,NV-Second day of scares
Powder scare at school district offices: FBI calls in military aid
Another false alarm closes Elko post office; powder, ashes harmless,set to geneva switzerland
Elko, NV
Port Charlotte, Florida
Gray powder irritates mailman, sent for testing
Feb12, 2004
Watchung, NY?
Student brings vials to school, 2 break.
Feb13, 2004
DILLARD, Ga.
Powder leaking from package from Iraq causes scare (powder leaking from powder packets)
Detroit, Mi
White Powder Scare Is Racially Motivated Hazmat Crews Inspect Suspicious Substance
Feb 14, 2004
Birmingham,AL
POWDER proves harmless, but ties up lunch-hour business
Providence, RI
2 anthrax scares turn up nothing A Cranston residence and a Pawtucket post office are checked by hazardous-materials teams after letters are found containing white powder.
Feb16, 2004
Boone, IA
FBI Investigates Suspicious White Powder In Mail Iowa National Guard Helps Patrol Area
Official says suspicious powder from mail wasn't harmful
Suspicious White Powder Is 'Not Dangerous' Another "common household product" Beaumont, Tx Again! Cookies
Haz-Mat Investigating Suspicious Cookies
Feb. 17, 2004
BRUSSELS, Netherlands
Civil protection teams were called to Schuman metro station in Brussels on Tuesday morning after a passenger found a small amount of white powder ...
San Antonio, TX (again)
Suspicious Envelope Found At Brooks City Base 8 People Possibly Exposed To White Powdery Substance