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April 25, 2006
Problems with the post . . . .
A mystery white powder has spilled from a package at a Hueytown post office (Hueytown is a suburb of Birmingham, AL). The powder was corrosive, damaging floor tiles, and caused a somewhat violent reaction among employees, including vomiting and some workers collapsed once outside.
Reports are initial and sketchy, but the powder sounds like Calcium Hypochlorite.
As Drudge would say. . . developing.
UPDATE: Now they're saying it's fish bait. Someone must be going after some very strange fish. Or perhaps its just a case where postal workers in this heightened climate of fear of terrorism over-reacted. Whatever the case and cause, we can be grateful that it appears to be "rather" benign, if inconvenient and unpleasant.
UPDATE2: Turns out it was methyl chloride, at least I was on the right track.
--Jason
Posted by JasonColeman at April 25, 2006 11:14 AM
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