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Update time again:

4/27/04 A Kentuckiana man 75 years old spent 8 days in the hospital diagnosed with flesh eating bacteria

5/02/04 A spill in Warren County sent crude down in Allegheny, PA

5/02/04 Plague was confirmed in two Santa Fe, NM cats

5/03/04 16 cases of whooping cough in outbreak in South Carolina

5/03/04 Pentagon misses deadline of previous week for report on toxic chemical at defense sites nationwide (Perchlorate)

5/03/04 West Nile Virus may have arrived in San Francisco

5/04/04Total of 61 dead from WNV in 2003 in Colorado

5/04/04 Tanker leaks ammonium hydroxide in Yuba City, CA

5/04/04 4-5 houses evacuated in Waterford Township (near Detroit) when a soil testing rod hit some type of nuclear material underground

5/04/04 Tanker truck overturned Genesee County (NY) forcing evacuation of some homes

5/04/04 A valve was blamed for a sewage spill at Camp LeJeune (47,000 gallons near a river tributary)

5/04/04 An accident at a dairy farm spilled 100,000 gallons of manure - nearby St. Croix water deemed safe

5/04/04 Fuel spill in Portland Harbor (Maine) caused by mechanical malfunction

5/04/04 Pt. Huron Times advised of downstream chemical spill which was controlled by 7:00 PM

5/04/04 US Army planning to dump treated VX nerve agent into the Delaware River

5/04/04 Paper company chemical spill at Champlain Channel NY evacuated 100 people

5/04/04 Oil spill near Sand Springs, OK with an oil well fire

5/04/04 Manilla police seize massive haul of ammonium nitrate (in a bus) used for bomb making

5/05/04 1,100 pounds of fertilizer stolen at a French port

5/05/04 18 fall ill with Norovirus in Fairbanks, AK

5/06/04 Radioactive dust detected in a truck leaving a Timken Co. Steel plant - possibly from demolition scrap

5/06/04 Athabaska area evacuated after an ammonia spill at a grain facility in Canada

5/06/04 ARS Virus may spread via sweat, food, sewage, touch

5/06/04 Worldwide SARS update - 27 infected

5/07/04 6 Bulgarian medics sentenced to death after intentionally infection more than 400 children with AIDS virus

5/07/04 Washington State man infects 170 with AIDS virus

5/08/04 Plague identified in rodents in West Texas panhandle

5/08/04 Chemical reaction caused emergency reaction at K-25 plant in Oakridge - liquid sodium mixed with water vapor in air

5/09/04 A cruise ship returned to Sidney, Australia with 140 passengers stricken by stomach virus

5/10/04 Norwegian Crown Cruise Ship has 3rd outbreak of Norovirus with 124 affected by it

5/10/04 African clawed frogs invading San Francisco and evading eradication efforts

5/10/04 Tanker truck overturned in Houston spilling thousands of gallons of gasoline on Beltway E

5/10/04 Two Israeli men arrested in Tennessee after a high speed chase and after tossing a bottle testing positive of fuel source - they had fake IDs and passports didn't add up. They also had "Learning to fly" business cards in their moving truck

5/10/04 15,000 gallons of a mix of 6 flammable chemicals spilled in Indianapolis - the spill was believed to have been intentionally caused

5/12/04 Congo virus suspected in Pakistan - 3 people dead

5/12/04 Anthrax-like disease in North Iraq has killed 6 Iraqis

5/12/04 A person in Detroit diagnosed with rare salmonella found only in Uzbekistan

5/13/04 A Budget rental truck pulled over at Oak Harbor, Washington had traces of TNT on the gearshift and RDX plastic explosives on the steering wheel. Driver and passenger were Israeli nationals (one with Visa violation)

5/13/04 Reports of multiple people in Boston with headaches and nausea

5/13/04 Q fever affects 75 people at Banja Luka (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

5/13/04 Five people in Banaul (Siberia) diagnosed with tick typhus or spotted fever

5/13/04 Bird flu outbreak in pigeons in Altay Region of Siberia

5/13/04 Three fatal cases of plague at Chimborazo, Ecuador

5/13/04 Bird disease trichomoniasis killing hundreds of mourning doves in Coachella Valley

5/15/04 Flu-like virus strikes nursing home at Stockton - 78 residents sick - 19 to hospital

5/15/04 Calgary police seek stolen truck carrying radioactive material

5/17/04 Man's body washes up in water purification plant at Wakayama (dressed entirely in black - with no shoes)

5/17/04 More mosquitoes found with West Nile Virus in Maricopa County, AZ

5/17/04 A small shell containing sarin found and detonated in Iraq

5/17/05 Ukranian officials seize red mercury - arrest two men in Kiev, Ukraine

5/17/04 Bogata, NJ - law enforcement searching for stolen empty tanker and theft of large quantity chemicals (rheocrete) TK Transport in NJ, tage T-852SC, NJ Motor fuel tage 15148

5/17/04 BJ's Wholesale evacuated in Waterbury, suspicious suitcase with traces of nitrate

5/17/04 Highway 95, Roane County, Tennessee closed due to radioactive material spilled on roadway (Stronium 90). There was a FIVE HOUR GAP between the spill and the highway closure

5/17/04 Nine people dead, 33 violently ill after drinking poisoned alcohol (formaldehyde) at Guangznou

5/17/04 Close to 1/4 of the vegetables and fruits in Kaohsiung, China were poisoned

5/17/04 Tanker crash on Interstate 85 Norlina, NC closes highway six hours, cargo was 8100 gallons combo gasoline and diesel

5/17/04 Box of commercial quantity explosives discovered in sand at Revere Beach, Massachusetts

5/18/04 Mystery illness/ parasites afflicting Idahoans (parasites with fiber-like filaments). Thus far it affects 729 people around the country and under a dozen in Idaho

5/19/04 Two pieces highly radioactive nuclear fuel missing at Brattleboro, UT

5/19/04 Quarantine in Southern Kentucky involving hospital and a Walmart - truck driver patient apeared to have smallpox, quarantine later lifted, hospital says threat unfounded per tests, patient isolated and admitted

5/19/04 Large scale chemical/biological/radiological and nuclear training exercise held at Pentagon - called Gallant Fox II

5/19/04 Chicago Mercantile streets closed due to mysterious fumes - 6 people hospitalized

5/19/04 Sarin rocket disposal to begin in July at Umatilla Chemical Depot near Hermiston, Oregon

5/19/04 FReeper granddaugher contracts Fifth's Disease (Parvovirus B19 infection)

5/19/04 Arizona I-40 closed several hours due to nitrous gas

5/20/04 A British person accused in California of threatening to put poisoned baby food on store shelves (he put hydraulic fluid in Gerber orange juice, glass shards in Gerber carrots, and boric acid in Similac formula

5/20/04 A mysterious oil spill is killing Bering seabirds at Kodiak

5/20/04 160 metal drums (previously containing flammable and corrosive fluids) were found in a stolen tractor trailer at Ontario, CA

5/20/04 Woman dies two weeks after being pricked after leaving a baseball game at Coors Field, Denver

5/20/04 Tanker truck hauling fuel ran off road and exploded near Bailey, Colorado

5/20/04 Third case of Whooping Cough at Russell Elementary in MO

5/20/04 Suicidal man in Albuquerque claimed to have dangerous chemicals in his car. The hospital was evacuated. The chemical was calcium carbide - no one was injured

5/20/04 Classified information is missing at Los Alamos Lab. Authorities say it does not jeopardize national security

5/20/04 Five million pounds of raw almonds recalled with salmonella by a California company

5/20/04 Rita Blanco National Grasslands has confirmed plague in prairie dogs

5/20/04 VSV viral disease confirmed in horses at one location in the State of Texas

5/20/04 Oklahoma tests positive for West Nile Virus

5/21/04 Mystery chemicals in Verona Park's well water. The water turned black when chlorine was added

5/21/04 High explosives, grenades and ball razors were discovered in Sri Lanka

5/21/04 Fire truck missing in East Texas town of Poynor

5/21/04 London - some 3800 people in Britain may be harboring the human form of mad cow disease without knowing it

5/21/04 Investigators have linked a box of venomous snakes found in a box in Little Rock with a dead Scottsman (who had no apparent snake bites)

5/21/04 Ebola virus discovered in Sudan claiming at least four lives

5/22/04 Ten cases of hemorrhagic fever (similar to Ebola) confirmed in Southern Sudan

5/22/04 Two Israeli men working for a moving and storage company caused a lockdown at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. Military dogs alerted to scent in cab of truck - these men are facing deportation

5/22/04 Model rocket igniters found in Perth home of an Islamic convert that could have been used to set off truck bombs

5/22/04 Thunder Bay police released two people despite the discovery of more than 1/2 ton red phosphorus concealed behind furniture in their rented U-Haul truck. The vehicle had Arizona registration. Both Middle Eastern men had British Columbia drivers licenses

5/23/04 Ellis County, Texas - two children bitten by wild bobcat cubs with rabies

5/23/04 A flu-like virus sickens 60 in Pasco County. Eight were hospitalized

5/24/04 US strain of West Nile Virus found to be more deadly than elsewhere in the world except Israel

5/24/04 13 killed after pesticide truck explodes in Romania

5/24/04 1/3 of the day care class at Fort Monmouth Community Center in NJ comes down with Foot and Mouth Disease

5/24/04 Virus sickens more than 20 attending regional advertising conference in Great Falls in April

5/24/04 Russian scientist died after accidentally sticking herself with a needle laced with Ebola in Siberia

5/24/04 Project Bioshield passed unanimously, speeding up development and stockpiling of vaccines, antidotes and diagnostic devices for potential biological attack in the USA

5/25/04 Large fire at chemical warehouse in Conyers, GA

5/25/04 Federal government to redirect $27 million in federal bio/terrorism preparedness funds from states to cities. Extra funds to LA, San Diego and San Francisco

5/25/04 Fumes cause evacuation at Indiana airport mall. Two workers required decontamination after contact with unknown chemical substance

5/25/04 Contaminated water supply leaves 91 dead, 1600 ill in Pakistan. Source of contamination unknown

5/25/04 FBI agents closed Interstate 65 for two hours at Gardendale and pulled over an 18 wheeler truck. An explosives sniffing dog was called in. The driver was allowed to leave, but received a ticket for an altered tag

5/25/04 A Vancouver BC bus was quarantined after a mystery substance was found (including brown pellets). 19 people were affected - 10 were allowed to go, 9 were hospitalized for observation. Authorities believe it to be phosphane

5/26/04 A stopped Evergreen America truck with a mysterious history container had no reason to enter Alabama. The container was unloaded from Indonesia with 128 pieces of wooden furniture - 10 days later the container was located in Birmingham

5/26/04 A University of Maryland expert says many chemical plants in the US represent serious and vulnerable targets for terrorist attack

5/27/04 A man was stopped at Pleasantville NY with several forms of ID was questioned with live grenades and filled gasoline cannisters

5/27/04 Two bags of explosives were found in the center of Bratislava - 24 hours ahead of a NATO assembly meeting

5/27/04 A container was stolen from the Port of Halifax with unidentified cargo

5/27/04 Four cases of botulism were reported in Volgograd, Russia

5/28/04 NYC doormen receive anti-terrorism training

5/28/04 Biotech tradeshow - June 6 - June 9

5/28/04 Explosives found at Highway 62 (Joshua Tree) CA and the highway was shut down

5/28/04 Bomb squad called to the Arkansas River Bridge in Van Buren with a report of a U-Haul trailer leaving a suspicious black box on the bridge. The box was found to not be explosive or dangerous

5/29/04 Wedding postponed in London when bride and groom are contaminated by mysterious white powder

5/30/04 A thoroughbred horse died of West Nile Virus in VA

5/30/04 A new wheat virus has been found in Queensland which causes streaking and molling of crops and a strain in Kansas causes the wheat to yellow and die. Researchers are boggled

5/30/04 150 visitors ill at Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park (vomiting and diarrhea)

5/30/04 13 cases of West Nile Virus so far in Texas in 2004 including one horse

5/30/04 A vicious skin infection has broken out in NYC hospitals and onto NY streets - it's a superbug with a killer rash

5/30/04 A man was exposed to radiation in a soil testing device stolen from a Miami construction site

6/03/04 Shreveport Dentist who met a 9/11 hijacker fell mysteriously ill and is on life support

6/04/04 Camden City Hall evacuated after four people found with rashes and blisters on their bodies

6/04/04 36 people in Montreal have died from a virulent infection, Clostridium Difficile, (but the number could be as high as 89)

6/04/04 Three people given first aid after a mysterious odor filled the gift shop at the Crazy Horse Memorial in SD

6/06/04 FBI arrested man in AK Who stored more than 60 - 55 gallon barrels of hazardous chemicals in Salmon, Idaho

6/06/04 An antibiotic-resistant superbug in Australia has killed one man and infected 50 others. It is acquired in the community (and not the hospital)

6/07/04 Anti-Terrorism Drills held at Rockefeller Center

6/08/04 Cruise Ship Island Princess had 400 ill with Norovirus

6/08/04 200 People in Changba, China have diarrhea, fever and dizziness after drinking water

6/08/04 Seven people hurt after being sprayed with unknown chemical during a fight in the Bronx

6/08/04 US Food and Drug Administration approves first blood test for anthrax

6/08/04 Local fisherman finds four pipe bombs and all components to another explosive device stuck in mud under two feet of water near the bank of the Allegheny River

6/08/04 A fourth Pakistani has died of suspected Congo virus in southwestern city of Quetta