evacuations and leaks.
August 31st, 2004So this morning I am trying hard to get into work around 9 am because I think that coming in at 10 and leaving at 4 is a bad habit. I am sitting at my desk for no more than 45 minutes when the fire alarm goes off. My office mate and I think that it is a “practice drill” and we just leave the building. However, once outside, they tell us that there is a leak in one of the labs and that we aren’t going to be let in until AT LEAST 1:00. I left my laptop, my backpack, and my lunch in the office! I can’t work, play, or eat! I wondered around aimlessly for a few hours, but it is pushing into the 100’s today and I can only handle so much heat. Then I randomly entered buildings seeing how cold they kept them. It is now 12:45 and I am in the computer lab adjacent to my building. And my building is still closed.
Apparently someone spilled hazardous waste. GREAT!
I would love to go home, but my motorcycle helmet and keys are ALSO in the building. Why in God’s name didn’t I BRING THEM WITH ME!!!!! Duh.
