3rd UPDATE: Suspicious items in schools turn out to be air quality monitors
The suspicious items that closed one school and put three others on a soft lock down today appear to be devices to monitor air quality in the schools.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency placed devices at all schools to test air quality after an oil leak Thursday, but didn't tell school officials, according to district spokesman Larry Randa.
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The discovery of the devices came only after canceling school at Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary School this morning, when a maintenance worker found one of the cylindrical items taped to a light pole in the school parking lot. The Cook County Sheriff’s bomb squad was called and parents were asked to take their children home.
Discovery of the devices also put three other elementary schools – Irene King, Beverly Skoff and A. Vito Martinez – on soft lockdown. Staff kept students in their assigned classrooms.
Now that the sun's up, the photos of the gas explosion in San Bruno are shocking. It's like the Blitz hit the block. [link]
Oh, except that I finally get to meet Gail Carriger tonight.
Soulless
author, yes? How cool!!
My day whizzed by. Don't envy me too much - next stop is vet.
I hope Frankie's OK, smonster.
OK, I made a spreadsheet and sent out a ground-laying email so that when I do call, it's less a cold call and more a follow up.
Soulless author, yes? How cool!!
Yes! I am ridiculously excited about it.
I hope Frankie is okay.
Half a smoked salmon bagel. That's lunch after all the Thai discussion. Such a letdown.
And I bumped into an American with a Jamaican accent, and I want to punch her in the face. That's not fair. Why does she get to have one?
Eh, if it's anything it's ringworm, so just another PITA when I'm still dealing with the hookworm stuff.
Tried to go home - saw the cleaners van outside my place, so now I'm hiding in the back of the dojo. Hit my max on people.
DH's dad wants a new car, a used Mustang convertible, but they only have $1,000 saved up and have decided their kids should buy the car for him. They already have two cars, but the junker he drives makes him feel "depressed," apparently.
Not only is it so WTF, but I would be so tempted to tell my parents that being depressed because of an object that most people would consider a luxury might be something he needs to speak with a therapist about and/or take some time for internal reflection. OR, if they said anything memorable to J when refusing to pay for his education - I would be UNABLE to not say the same thing back to them.
I had lunch with a friend from highschool. A grown-up! Alone! good times. Of course, now I need to get in another couple of hours of work, and I still did not run 2 errands that I needed to, BUT! 2 hour lunch with nice person talking!
Exciting day in women's tennis.
Also, if you need banners on the court to tell you who Venus Williams is and who is Kim Clisters, you either have a really small TV, or you're new here.
