Bomb scare!
Jul. 20th, 2005 04:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fairyruneSo, I've had an intersting day.
For those of you who don't already know, I work at the Palisades Center Mall. There was (possibly more than just) a bomb scare there today.
I was working 10-4. Everything was going normally, just like any other day. Slightly after three, the loudest, clearest PA announcement I have ever heard in that mall happened:
"This is the director of security at the Palisades Center. Everyone needs to walk, don't run, to the nearest exit. I repeat, everyone needs to exit the mall immediately."
My manager ran up, we shoved customers out the door and locked the gate. One woman was wandering around completely oblivious. I don't think she spoke English.
We hauled our asses out through the back hallways, and went to the end of the parking lot and waited. It was nuts. There were people and cars everywhere, and no one knew what was going on. Sirens, cops, giant traffic jam, but surprisingly, no panicking.
Finally we found one of the guys who works next door to us and he called his buddy on security. We found out that there was a suspicous package in a bathroom that may or may not be a bomb, and the authorities were called. We spotted three helicopters. Apparently, even if it's established that the "bomb" is not actually one, they still have to search the whole mall, just in case.
At about ten till four, my boss said I could go home. One of my co-workers takes the bus, so I gave her a lift. Now I'm sitting here at Rich's. He just got a phone call from his boss. He said he thinks they found something.
Thank goodness they got everyone out...
EDIT: According to the news, they found an explosive device on the third floor next to the security office that had to be detonated by the bomb squad, something that might have been explosive on the second floor, and something that they didn't know what it was on the roof, and they were still searching.
I hope I still have a place of employment tomorrow...
EDIT II: Turns out it wasn't a bomb, but they esploded it anyway.
For those of you who don't already know, I work at the Palisades Center Mall. There was (possibly more than just) a bomb scare there today.
I was working 10-4. Everything was going normally, just like any other day. Slightly after three, the loudest, clearest PA announcement I have ever heard in that mall happened:
"This is the director of security at the Palisades Center. Everyone needs to walk, don't run, to the nearest exit. I repeat, everyone needs to exit the mall immediately."
My manager ran up, we shoved customers out the door and locked the gate. One woman was wandering around completely oblivious. I don't think she spoke English.
We hauled our asses out through the back hallways, and went to the end of the parking lot and waited. It was nuts. There were people and cars everywhere, and no one knew what was going on. Sirens, cops, giant traffic jam, but surprisingly, no panicking.
Finally we found one of the guys who works next door to us and he called his buddy on security. We found out that there was a suspicous package in a bathroom that may or may not be a bomb, and the authorities were called. We spotted three helicopters. Apparently, even if it's established that the "bomb" is not actually one, they still have to search the whole mall, just in case.
At about ten till four, my boss said I could go home. One of my co-workers takes the bus, so I gave her a lift. Now I'm sitting here at Rich's. He just got a phone call from his boss. He said he thinks they found something.
Thank goodness they got everyone out...
EDIT: According to the news, they found an explosive device on the third floor next to the security office that had to be detonated by the bomb squad, something that might have been explosive on the second floor, and something that they didn't know what it was on the roof, and they were still searching.
I hope I still have a place of employment tomorrow...
EDIT II: Turns out it wasn't a bomb, but they esploded it anyway.
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Date: 2005-07-20 09:43 pm (UTC)glad everyone got out!
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Date: 2005-07-21 09:36 pm (UTC)BTW, they just opened a Cold Stone Creamery there, and I LOVE IT!!!!! (Is it supposed to be heavy enough to be a meal? I've yet to be able to finish a small!)
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Date: 2005-07-26 07:35 pm (UTC)Yea they are ment to be like a meal..lol Good stuff though huh.
LOL
Date: 2005-07-23 05:53 am (UTC)Nine time out of ten, it's an
electric razor. But, every once in
a while ...
(whispers)
...it's a dildo. " - Fight Club
Glad you and your are ok.
J.