Listening to Chicago Fire Department on the scanner. They are sending each battalion chief, one at a time, to "Field Group North" to pick up the "antidote kit" from someone there. They have been mentioning a bio-terror exercise as well.
HAZMAT situation at Chicago Union Station. Someone on a bike rode through and dropped approximately one cup of a white powdery substance at the entrance to Chicago' main train station. One decon tube set up. One ALS ambulance requested as a precaution. Substance not identified, no description yet on the person on the bike.
Had a very frightening thing happen about 1AM:
I was awake reading, quiet and BOOM! Was nothing like a house explosion, no concussions like an after affect,
certainly not like fireworks, thought maybe an airplane exploded, it was a rapid BOOM! First thought of course was a detonation of some sort. It was not close, but not all that far. It shook our 2 flat Writer! Did anyone in your house feel it?!
My son came out of his room and said also it was just a big boom, off towards Milw Av (East)
My daughter came out of her room and said it sounded like the house fell over!
I called someone working nights to get scanner info, NADA!
No engines and the Milw Av firehouse uses our street ALL the time! No police! About 4am there was a chopper but couldn't see it. I cannot phantom what it was?!