[Mkguild] Midwest Furfest- I should have asked this earlier

[Michael Olson]

I don't mean to make light of everyone's situation as I think it's very
serious and I'm glad everyone is ok.  But you all made The Onion for 15
minutes of fame.  The paper, being what it is, obviously cracks jokes, but
they do that about a lot of equally serious topics. :)

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Hallan Mirayas <hallanmirayas at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you all for your concern.  I'm okay and now home.  Below is the post
> I made on the Cross Time Cafe discussion forum:
>
> This was not a non-issue. Let me repeat that. It was not a non-issue. My
> friend and I were up late talking when, over the sound of the room fan, I
> started to hear what sounded like a warning siren. I know the warning siren
> of the Hyatt O'Hare very well thanks to prior, extremely unpleasant
> experience, and after turning down the room fan and confirming that it was
> indeed the warning siren, I immediately went into evac mode. The siren at
> the time was still just in part of the hotel, and I did -not- want to be
> near it when it started wailing in the room.
>
> Stepping out of the room, I was immediately struck by a strong chlorine
> smell, and a staffer working his way along the doors (pounding on them and
> telling people to wake up and get out NOW) yelled at my friend and me to
> get outside and get some air, because there was a chlorine leak. This was
> very clearly no drill.
>
> As I was leaving the hotel, I saw people dealing with the effects of
> chlorine exposure, being treated by paramedics. Once outside, we were
> ordered to the sidewalk, then across the street, and then the convention
> hall across the way was opened for warm shelter, because it was -really-
> cold, and lots of people did not leave the hotel prepared for a long wait.
> Into the convention center we went, and once I met up with some friends,
> several of us laid out our coats on the floor and went to sleep until the
> all clear was given. Midwest FloorFest, as one particularly witty person
> put it.
>
> The staff did a fantastic job, and they make me proud to be in this fandom.
>
> I'm going to reserve judgement on the powdered chlorine bottle that turned
> out to be the source of the event, because there is not enough information
> yet known. I hope the cops catch this person.
>
> > Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 17:04:59 -0500
> > From: jc2blion at taconic.net
> > To: mkguild at lists.integral.org
> > Subject: Re: [Mkguild] Midwest Furfest- I should have asked this earlier
>
> >
> > Just heard on the news the leak is considered a criminal act by the
> > local police. I'm just hoping all are well now. Chlorine is a serious
> > gas to deal with and very easy to obtain or generate.
> >
> > Kamau
> >
> >
> > On 12/8/2014 2:56 AM, christian okane wrote:
> > > Is it true what I heard? there was some sort of chemical leak or
> > > deliberate attack?
> > >
> > > I'm glad you are fine.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > The Lurking Fox
> > >
> > > *From:*mkguild-bounces at lists.integral.org
> > > [mailto:mkguild-bounces at lists.integral.org] *On Behalf Of *Hallan
> Mirayas
> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:18 PM
> > > *To:* Metamor Keep
> > > *Subject:* [Mkguild] Midwest Furfest- I should have asked this earlier
> > >
> > > Is anybody else going?
> > >
> > > Hallan
> > >
> > >
> > >
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