So, finally got the results of the test done on the sample powder/envelope removed from our office Tuesday. Preliminary tests are negative - no anthrax, no nothin' that can hurt people. However, they've decided they're going to do further testing because apparently there was a "threat" attached to this. When I asked the public health guy what this meant, he said he wasn't actually sure. I'm just speculating that maybe the letter inside the envelope (we hadn't opened it - but there was a white powdery stuff all over it and the rest of the mail in the same pouch) had a threat of some kind in it. Or maybe it was because a number of gov't offices had similar envelopes that day. So, as suspected, it seems the whole thing was a hoax. Or 99.99% sure a hoax. The rest of the testing is a 48-hr test but they have people working on the weeend and would call if they found anything bad. It is sometimes difficult trying to explain to staff that they have better odds of being hit by a car, but these are the times we're living in.
I talked to my stepmother yesterday. she had just come back from a month-long trip/tour to England. She is from England originally but hadn't been back there for a few years - the last time was maybe 3-4 years ago, not long after she and my Dad married. Lily left for England the last week or so of September. She said a lot of people had bailed out following the events of Sept 11, but her feeling was, she wasn't going to let this stop her - if her number was up, then it was up. She also told me that when she was a young woman living in London during WW II, they didn't let the war prevent them from going about their lives - she said even if there was bombing going on, they'd still go out dancing. I like that. Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca
