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To: jim black who wrote (78102)	10/8/2001 11:41:44 AM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116753

I hear that powders tends to deteriorate with time, like the black 3010. What precautions do you take to ensure they stay good? A hunter friend of mine once blamed loss of a game he shot due to poor quality ammo used. I though that factory made ammo are supposed to keep indefinitely! NOT? I used to keep abreast of developments in the ammo and gun world but have not been doing that for quite a while. What I learnt from a dealer five minutes ago is that it is now far cheaper to buy, for example, shotgun shells than to assemble your own.

To: jim black who wrote (78102)	10/8/2001 11:37:59 PM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 116753

Read about Darrah, Pakistan. Of course, they are a primitive people and not highly technological like us, and so capable. And they are living in a non free society, not like us. sheeesh! EC<:-}

To: jim black who wrote (78102)	10/9/2001 11:10:59 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116753

Naples Daily News Preliminary tests show suspicious substance was no threat, FBI reports Tuesday, October 9, 2001 By GINA EDWARDS, gvedwards@naplesnews.com LIZ FREEMAN, epfreeman@naplesnews.com MIREIDY FERNANDEZ, mmfernandez@naplesnews.com The FBI reported late this afternoon that preliminary tests show there is no reason to believe a substance found at a local office was a threat. The substance spurred an Anthrax scare, forcing the evaucation of three buildings. Details of the testing of the powdery substance is scheduled to be released Wednesday. Officials from local hazardous materials teams in Collier County responded to two separate anthrax scares Tuesday morning after employees found mail delivered by a private courier service covered with a white powdery substance. Hazardous materials crew decontaminates a person at the Fifth Third Bank office on Tuesday. A powdery substance found in the building sparked the emergency. Romain Blanquart/Staff At least 20 employees at the Fifth Third Bank at 4099 Ninth Street North (U.S. 41) and about 50 employees at the Cummings & Lockwood law firm at 3001 Ninth Street North were affected. Employees at the Fifth Third Bank discovered a white substance in a mail delivery pack, authorities said. FBI investigators on scene had the material flown to the FBI lab in Tampa. Fifth Third Bank workers called emergency dispatch at 9:28 a.m. after employees there discovered a white powdery substance covering envelopes of mail they were sorting. Emergency workers and law enforcement authorities detained a total of about 75 exposed people at both locations. About two dozen people at Fifth Third were quarantined as part of procedures set in motion to deal with a potential anthrax scare. Hazardous material teams, in full protective blue suits, entered the building to decontaminate the roughly 25 employees who came in contact with the mail. Inside their building, the bank workers had to strip down and get hosed off as part of the precautionary procedures. Dressed in blue wraps, they were taken to a staging area outside where emergency workers held up tarps to protect their privacy. By noon, all of the Fifth Third employees had refused transport to area hospitals. At the Cummings & Lockwood law firm, about 50 people potentially exposed to the substance were detained inside the building. Emergency workers from the North Naples fire department's Hazmat team put on biohazard suits and entered the building before noon. Cummings & Lockwood employees were stripped and decontaminated. The employees emerged from the building in blue hospital gowns and were taken to a tent set up outside. People waiting outside the Fifth Third Bank. Romain Blanquart/Staff No employees opted to go to the hospital, and many went home. The local office of the FBI is located in the same building complex as Cummings & Lockwood, but officials at the scene said they have no reason to suspect that the FBI office was a target. At the four-story Fifth Third building, Naples Realty closed for the day and employees evacuated. Meanwhile, employees at the First National Bank at 8975 Harbour Drive were evacuated Tuesday afternoon because of its proximity to the affected site. Pineau said nerves are frayed in the wake of the anthrax death in Boca Raton. "I could drop a container of Sweet & Low and the whole building would be evacuated," Pineau said. However, he added, authorities must take precautions for each incident. Contact epfreeman@naplesnews.com , gvedwards@naplesnews.com and mmfernandez@naplesnews.com naplesnews.com