M-O-O-N, that spells shut.Down.Everything.

All hail the Crimson King.

bumpity bump

trumpity trump

it's time...

But if you read the article you do get to know why.

Nice headline subby, but the article did tell us exactly why it was locked down.

General lost his corned beef on rye and was upset is what I heard from an inside source. Of course "corned beef on rye" is military speak for zombie apocalypse!

/Heard if from a friend of a friend, of a friend that words there
//purple monkey dishwasher!

As long they're not Super Mutants, or Phyrexians...

/hot like a nice dip in the vats

FTFA:
The military said in a statement Thursday the amount missing was less than one fourth of a teaspoon of VX nerve agent, [snip]

Damn them and their answer dodging. Why won't they just come out and say what happened?

Thanks, smitty, at least you're on top of things.

"ChuckECheese: Nice headline subby, but the article did tell us exactly why it was locked down.

Looks like the article got updated.

It just means that we need to greenlight articles faster.

/not submitter

I figured that they had a training exercise accident.

Or swamp gas. Maybe weather balloons.

I'm trying to decide now if this is really what happened or if they realized a really convincing story would be necessary to cover up what happened.

Off to go find my tinfoil hat.

so... why are they needing a vial of VX gas? I mean if it is all stored under lock and key, why did they suddenly have a need for a single vial of it. (I can only imagine what the size of a "vial" of nerve agent is)

Screw it. I live an hour from Boulder. If I survive the superflu, I don't exactly have far to travel.

Subby sounds... nervous?

To the people complaining that the headline is incorrect, if you actually RTFA you will see that it was updated.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

/headline nazi

Dem zombies are gonna take our jorbs!!

I am Ahab: But if you read the article you do get to know why.

Assuming that's what really happened.

M-O-O-N - That spells I submitted this with a better headline.

cmb53208: Dem zombies are gonna take our jorbs!!

Damn you Fartbama!

Base Commander locking the gates and going on alert you say?

I guess whatever it was worked better than expected and scared the living shiat out of them.

My guess.

Well with the president speaking about bringing knives to gun fights, of course this would happen.

Hmm...I submitted this story (the original) yesterday with a "the zombies are coming"-type of tagline. It was not approved.

Sons of biatches!

cmb53208: Dem zombies are gonna take our jorbs!!

well, zombies are great for menial labor and heavy lifting

/not so skilled with child care

Warning: Conspiracy Theory Ahead!!!

The Extremely Unfortunate Skull Valley Incident (new window)

M-O-O-N spells obligatory (pops)

No need for alarm. Goodspeed's on it.

VX gas and no references 'The Rock?'

Wow, that would've been an awesome simulpost!

They were probably putting the nerve agent in chemtrails.

I heard some guy on the radio saying that aluminum in the soil is proof of chemtrails.

I find it proof that aluminum is the most common metal in the earths crust

INeedAName: VX gas and no references 'The Rock?'

Your argument is invalid.

INeedAName: VX gas and no references 'The Rock?'

this close buddy, this close...

/7 seconds, what a biatch.

I Havent Killed Anybody Since 1984: FTFA:
The military said in a statement Thursday the amount missing was less than one fourth of a teaspoon of VX nerve agent, [snip]

Damn them and their answer dodging. Why won't they just come out and say what happened?


I think all things considered I would have felt better if they had dodged the answer.

Wikipedia says:
VX is the most toxic nerve agent ever synthesized for which activity has been independently confirmed.[5] The median lethal dose (LD50) for humans is estimated to be about 734 micrograms through skin contact and the LCt50 for inhalation is estimated to be 30-50 mg·min/m³.[6]

Depending on density a teaspoon are perhaps a four grams. So They have around a million microgramms of this stuff missing when 700 microgram is enough to kill half the people exposed to it.

I am guessing that no matter how well you manage your resources you will never be able to kill 1000 people with it that you might theoretically, but you probably could kill quite a few.

Actually the article says why. It's right there, in the article. Maybe try reading it.

Lockdowns happen all the time, it can be something as simple as a misplaced document containing secrets. My brother was stuck on a post for hours because the armory misplaced a rifle optic.

It's not that big a deal. If there was a chemical leak they would have evacuated non-essential personnel, not trapped them on the installation.

/still don't like it being upwind from my house.

No worries, it's been handled by top men.
/*Top*. *Men*.
//Hot like a legless Rose McGowan

So the numbers on the clock have gone red, right?