ARSININE

It's good that I always arrive at the airport far earlier than most people. The links below provide good examples in support of my arrive-early-always-make-flight (AEAMF) philosophy...

http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=197556
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=197594
http://www.sltrib.com/search/ci_2645705

My flight from SLC to SFO was delayed by approximately 20min while waiting for passengers who were held up by this security fiasco. The eavesdropping I did while sitting in 1D on the Canadair Regional Jet resulted in some inside information from these people. The woman sitting in 2D was noticably shaken by the incident. She explained how she was in the same general vicinity as the TSA agent who passed out from the fumes. Her main concern was that it was a biological agent and that maybe she was going to contract something. This raised my blood pressure, but I kept reassuring myself that the incubation period for something, even if it were Anthrax, would be much longer than the journey I was going to take in the recirculated air environment of the jet. Whew. Or so I think. I'm not a biological weapons expert.

So, I was able to relax and sleep through most of the flight until viewing the San Mateo Bridge's 9-miles of flat travel below me. So glad they are saying that it wasn't Arsine. I'm also puzzled why this article is only on local news, yet my parents were able to see it on television in Bakersfield. CNN Headline news possibly? And then since it was a dud it was taken off? Curios.