#26
Posted: 5/30/12 at 10:44pm
Florida is definitely Ground Zero:
May 17th, 2012
The Florida Public Health and Medical Department arrived at the school alongside fire departments. Those affected showered in an area set up outside the school before being transported in a plastic-lined school bus to Memorial Regional Hospital, reports the Miami Herald, where they walked through two inflatable halls by gender, showered again, and placed their clothing in orange bags.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/mcarthur-high-school-contamination_n_1521764.html
May 19th, 2012
A still unknown chemical is released into the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Three TSA agents and two passengers are taken to the emergency room with respiratory problems.
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/terminal-2-evacuated-at-fort-lauderdale-airport-in-hazmat-scare
May 24th, 2012
Lauderdale Lakes Middle school, approximately 15 miles from MacArthur High, is put on lock down and HazMat called in when two students and a science teacher come down with mysterious red rashes.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/24/2815003/second-broward-school-reports.html
May 25th, 2012
A passenger aboard American Airlines flight 320 becomes disoriented upon landing in Miami, ignores flight crew instructions to remain in his seat and rushes the front of the plane before being subdued by fellow passengers. The man had no prior known history of violence.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/25/passenger-restrained-on-flight-to-miami-arrested/
May 25th, 2012
HazMat is called in for bus passengers headed to Minneola Charter Elementary in Minneola, Florida when 27 children and adults complain of not feeling well. Household cleaner used on the bus is blamed but all parties are still decontaminated with hoses by officials.
http://www.wesh.com/r/31112110/detail.html
May 17th, 2012
The Florida Public Health and Medical Department arrived at the school alongside fire departments. Those affected showered in an area set up outside the school before being transported in a plastic-lined school bus to Memorial Regional Hospital, reports the Miami Herald, where they walked through two inflatable halls by gender, showered again, and placed their clothing in orange bags.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/mcarthur-high-school-contamination_n_1521764.html
May 19th, 2012
A still unknown chemical is released into the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Three TSA agents and two passengers are taken to the emergency room with respiratory problems.
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/terminal-2-evacuated-at-fort-lauderdale-airport-in-hazmat-scare
May 24th, 2012
Lauderdale Lakes Middle school, approximately 15 miles from MacArthur High, is put on lock down and HazMat called in when two students and a science teacher come down with mysterious red rashes.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/24/2815003/second-broward-school-reports.html
May 25th, 2012
A passenger aboard American Airlines flight 320 becomes disoriented upon landing in Miami, ignores flight crew instructions to remain in his seat and rushes the front of the plane before being subdued by fellow passengers. The man had no prior known history of violence.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/25/passenger-restrained-on-flight-to-miami-arrested/
May 25th, 2012
HazMat is called in for bus passengers headed to Minneola Charter Elementary in Minneola, Florida when 27 children and adults complain of not feeling well. Household cleaner used on the bus is blamed but all parties are still decontaminated with hoses by officials.
http://www.wesh.com/r/31112110/detail.html
....but the world goes 'round
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