[hankbrown]

Is this a "mysterious white powder" or something different do you think?

[BlackJack]

Hey.....Lake Oswego......I know that area well.... went to Lewis and Clark........beautiful area. The power just went out here in Seattle area..... must be a terrorist attack......gotta go.

[AppyPappy]

A tree sitter dropped his powdered tofu?

[HELLRAISER II]

These @ssholes have us jumping & running around like rabbits. We have to use our heads, we've been acting nuts about this situation. Pretty soon we'll have gotten so use " to the boy that cried wolf" that when it actually happens we will be caught off guard.

[maggie]

Corn starch. Road re-opened. This is getting ridiculous.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Four tests conducted showed no signs of any hazardous materials in the substance,
which turned out to be corn starch, officials said.

[xkaydet65]

There are four people in Monmouth Community Hospital in New Jersey currently under observation for anthrax. Office staffs in medical practices are instructed to use gloves and masks while opening mail.

Of course you won't hear about this till sometime in November. You'll be told it's an isolated incident.

[thatsnotnice]

Probably lime or something. BFD.

It does remind me of a time when the HAZMAT folks shut down NW Yeon AND St. Helens road because of an unknown white liquid in the street. They shut it down for over eight hours and walked around in protective gear cleaning it up. Essentially they shut down the NW industrial area for most of the business day.

Well, it turned out to be milk that had burped out of the venting system of a milk truck. They attempted to force the company to pay clean up costs, and fine them for not reporting a spill, but the company representative pointed out that no HAZMAT clean up was required and there is no regulation requiring reporting spilled milk. At least in the quantity that was spilled there - I think it was less than a quart. Oh well.

[KSCITYBOY]

Here's a thought the loser pig scum of a terrorist group alcada (sp?) decides to do some damage to the US. Wouldn't sending out envelopes filled with antrax or even just white powder tie up the Feds and the local cops to the point where they might be able to pull-off the real attack. Or it might just be mostly pratical jokes from left wing scumbags or loons who agree with the terrorist pigs. Anyone pulling a pratical joke like this now should be considered committing an act of treason

[boycott]

Could be one of those peacenicks up there trying to cause problems.

[boycott]

What should we do with the Arabs that are not US citizens?

Deportation, incarceration or extermination.

We've got to save this country for our children.

[Star Traveler]

Just for the "record" and since the KGW link will go away, here's that "final report" on the Anthrax scare in Lake Oswego. (thanks to "68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub" for spotting the link to the story).

 

Hwy 43 in Lake Oswego Reopens October 12, 2001, 01:00 PM
By Jim Parker, kgw.com Staff

 

In the wake of fears about anthrax, authorities closed a stretch of Highway 43 (State Street) in Lake Oswego Friday for a couple of hours. The highway was coated with a powdery substance.

Four tests conducted showed no signs of any hazardous materials in the substance, which turned out to be corn starch, officials said.

Highway 43 was reopened just before 1 p.m., a police dispatcher said.

While hazardous materials crews said it was unlikely that the powder posed a dangerous situation, they shut down Highway 43 between McVey and "B" streets as a precation late Friday morning.

Police had asked everyone to stay inside their apartments and businesses, but said there were no reports of any health problems.

The stretch of highway affected ran right through Lake Oswego's business district. Traffic was reourted around Lake Oswego.

Authorities had believed the powder probably spilled onto the highway off of a truck.

A passing motorist noticed the small piles of white powder every 30 feet or so about 10:15 a.m., said Tim Burr of Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue.

The highway was closed for several hours until the spilled substance was indentified.

[Jolly Rodgers]

Here's a picture of the stuff in Lake Oswego:

[Henry F. Bowman]

This is getting pretty silly.

[Star Traveler]

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