Firefighters were called to Hutchison Hall just before 2:30 p.m. Sunday after several stretches of the white substance were found in the building and outside, said Battalion Chief Rick Chesterton of the city Fire Department.
Unsure what chemicals might have been tossed about throughout the building, the firefighters responded with hazmat units and fire engines.
"We've got to play it by the numbers," Chesterton said.Shortly after 4 p.m., hazmat specialists were preparing to run some of the powder through chemical tests to determine just what it was.
"We knew it wasn't anthrax because there isn't that much anthrax around," said Lt. Mike Dobbertin of the Fire Department's hazmat team. "We knew it wasn't ricin because there isn't that much ricin around."
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Interesting to note that there's an HHH chapter here in Rochester. When I lived in San Diego, I was introduced to the sport of hashing---the HHH describes themselves as either "a jogging club with a drinking habit" or a "drinking club with a jogging habit." A person designated the "hare" starts out the run with a pre-determined head start. The hare is equipped with a bag of flower and he tosses out handfulls as he goes, to leave a trail for the others to follow. Some hashes are more like scavenger hunts, with clues indicating where to go next. The hash I did, we ran through San Diego's old town, stopping at various bars along the way. The run terminates with lots of good food, beer, and some eccentric HHH rituals.
Posted by Tobin Fricke | March 29, 2006 12:24 PM
Posted on March 29, 2006 12:24