2 St. Louis hospital emergency rooms on lockdown

[quiet.american]

Source: NYT

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Two St. Louis-area hospital emergency rooms are on lockdown after the arrival of patients who appeared to be exposed to chemicals.

Authorities say three people arrived by car at St. Anthony's Hospital with health problems caused by chemical exposure, apparently at an industrial area in East St. Louis, Ill.

Meanwhile, three other victims reportedly went to SSM DePaul Health Center.

Details of their conditions were not immediately known.

Authorities say the victims were exposed to a white powdery substance.

About 20 people who were in the St. Anthony's ER were quarantined. People were not being allowed to enter or leave the emergency room.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Hospitals-Lockdown.html

[thunder rising]

1. Meth lab blew up.

[FreakinDJ]

2. TERROR TERROR TERROR

Come on guys This is the Tried and True KKKarl Rove "When the Polls are Low - The Low Lifes get Terror Alerts"

Johnson's Baby Powder For Everyone !!!!!!

[stillcool]

3. An 'industrial' area...

I won't leap before I look.

[FreakinDJ]

4. You got to admit - it fits the model pretty good

How many Terror Alerts did we see during the 2004 election cycle - Especially if Bush's poll numbers slipped even a tiny amount

[stillcool]

5. Yeah, the 'white powder' screams....

bullshit, but the Industrial Park has me thinking spill of some thing. Hope you're right.

[regnaD kciN]

6. More to the point...

How many Terror Alerts did we see during the 2004 election cycle - Especially if Bush's poll numbers slipped even a tiny amount

...how many Terra Alerts did we see after the election was over? Can you recall a single one?

[Clovis Sangrail]

7. nothing to see move along

I visited somebody in St. Louis many years ago.
There was an alert about a toxic chemical cloud from a release in E. St. Louis... I was told this was a semi regular event.