September 14, 2007

• Goodness! I trust it wasn't really a bomb.

  Dmitry and I were making a Borders-Blockbuster run, which takes us on the I-30 access road north of Arlington Heights High School, when to our astonishment we saw multiple police cars in front of the school and blocking the street in front of it, plus a fire truck, plus a helicopter hovering in the air, well to the north.  IOW, not right over it.  Which is smart, if one thinks there's a chance a bomb might go off.  After our stop at Borders (in the shopping center across Hulen from the school) by golly if the police, etc. weren't still present, plus there were now at least three helicopters hovering up in the sky.  Exiting to the south we saw that the football field was full of students, obviously having been evacuated:

  

  According to the news, a "suspicious device" had been found in front of the school by a student, who (foolishly, IMO) picked it up and carried it into the office.  What do you want to bet the memos will be flying fast and furious next week providing instructions about What To Do If a Suspicious Device Is Found, paramount among them being Do Not Bring It To The Office? 

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