Anyone know what's up with the Russell Bldg?

[globalvillage]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x364078

[whometense]

1. CNN headline says

BREAKING NEWS

Senate office building evacuated when test indicated presence of "possible nerve agent;" second test was negative, sources say.


sigh.

Be afraid, be very very afraid?????

[globalvillage]

2. They say no symptoms among the quarrantined

And they didn't mention Sen Kerry. I think he's at the Band of Brothers thing tonight. Byrd and Dodd are there, though.

It's probably a false alarm.

[whometense]

3. CNN story

A U.S. Senate office building was evacuated after a sensor detected the presence of a possible nerve agent, sources said.

However, a second test came back negative.

Eight senators and more than 200 staffers were evacuated after alarms sounded at 7 p.m. in the attic of the Russell Senate Office Building, located just north of the Capitol, Senate aides said.

They have been quarantined in an underground parking garage next to the building, said Eileen McMenamin, a spokeswoman for Sen. John McCain.

McMenamin said police have ordered those evacuated to remain in the parking lot until additional tests are complete.

According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, "Nerve agents are the most toxic of the known chemical warfare agents."

On Olbermann they were speculating it might have been a "machine malfunction" - a bad sensor or something.

[_dynamicdems]

5. Omigod! This is scarey. I hope it was a malfunction. n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Ding ding

I remember earlier tonight my Mom had it on (around 8pm est) CNN and Zann was talking. She said the first test was positive and the second negative. Did anybody else hear that?

[Island Blue]

4. Shades of the anthrax scare.

There was always something fishy about that to me. I wouldn't put ANYTHING past the * Administration. That's how much I distrust these people.

I hope everything is okay.

[rox63]

6. Olbermann reporting this was a false alarm

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x364482

[globalvillage]

7. The cop doing the press conference

says they don't know.

The buildings are connected. Wonder if they've evacuated others?
Praying for false alarm.

[FreedomAngel82]

11. I haven't heard

Zann mentioned people who were in the building who were evacuated and she only mentioned republicans. No democrats at all.

[globalvillage]

8. Russell Building

Home of the brave (Kerry and Kennedy's offices are here).
From a recent visit. Nice pic, don't you think?

[Island Blue]

9. For Dems who have offices in the Russell Building ...

Is there anything they can do now to make sure their offices haven't been bugged or tampered with in some other way?