just in case

Today the family and I went to the Super Target in Roseville to buy some things. I needed a griller brush, some stainless steel cleaner, and a shower curtain. As we were walking through the store a voice came over head and sounded a little shaky. I couldn't quite understand it but it sounded like, "MMmmmMm Scccckkk Please evacSXXxxxss go to the nearest fire exit." We went about our business for a moment because it wasn't quite clear until hind sight kicked in.

A moment later, we joined one of the Target employees and a couple other customers and headed to the back door. The employee didn't know how to open the fire door, so I had to step in and play the hero role. I pushed the lever that said "Push here in case of emergency. Alarm will sound." You're welcome Target employee.

We walked around the building and there was a sea of red shirted teens across the parking lot. As we were walking, four cop cars came speeding (I mean FAST) into the parking lot. We eventually made it to our monster minivan and waited around a bit to see what would happen.

No fire trucks arrived, so it wasn't a fire.

Eventually, we got tired of waiting for something to happen. So I drove up to a group of cops and a couple of Target employees. I asked, "Were we exposed to anything I should worry about?" I was told, "No. There's just a threat to the store, please evacuate."

I'm fairly certain the mainstream media is going to call this a bomb threat. In fact, I bet that two other stores were targeted (no pun intended, mostly). However, I got a headache almost as soon as I got back to the monster minivan. So I suspect that there's a cover up and I was exposed to something bad.

If I get anthrax, heads are going to role. This post is just in case I do and can't do anything about it in time.