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Dalry and Caledonian Crescent closed off.

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  1. Mabs
    Member

    It's quite exciting all those flashing lights.
    An unknown chemical substance has been found.
    Nothing too serious I presume as people are allowed up and down Dalry however to get into our flat at James Square we had to go through a cordon.

    4 Fire engines, some cool fire response units, various ambulances and incident response units.
    Brightened the night up as I got a puncture on the Roseburn path but managed up to the tram works before it went flat. Glad it was and not mussleburgh etc as I didn't take my repair kit!

    Wonder what it is...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Maybe it's another cannabus farm

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. Mabs
    Member

    Forgot to say you can still walk/cycle through it. Just closed to vehicular access.
    Think the police woman said white powder but not sure...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. kaputnik
    Moderator

    soap powder. It is jambo territory after all.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. kaputnik
    Moderator

    "LBFire LBFRS
    Dealing with suspected chemical incident in Caledonian Crescent at jnct with Orwell Place. A cordon is in place and around 25 FFs at scene."

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. chdot
    Admin

    http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Drama-after-mystery-piles-of.6728938.jp

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. Greenroofer
    Member

    This sounds suspiciously to me like the piles of flour that Hash House Harriers leave during their runs. It's probably linked to the similar piles of flour currently visible at Craighouse and down the little muddy path by the railway from Craighouse to Craiglockhart Station.

    More here: http://www.hhh.org.uk/hashing.cfm

    If the mysterious 'F' was by a pub, then I think the evidence would be conclusive...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. ruggtomcat
    Member

    theres an old guy who goes around leaving piles of white stuff by lamposts in the meadows, I suspect he is up to no good...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  9. chdot
    Admin

    "piles of white stuff by lampposts"

    It makes dogs dissolve...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  10. Stepdoh
    Member

    Points to Greenroofer, it is those dastardly runners:
    http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/White-powder-emergency-39was-flour.6729797.jp

    Posted 13 years ago #

  11. chdot
    Admin

    "We did use sawdust during the anthrax scare."

    Posted 13 years ago #

  12. DaveC
    Member

    Its a wonder the running club aren't leaving them selves open to a lareg bill from the local authority.

    Similar to that youth in West lothian who parked his car in the icey canal, and ended up with a 19,000 pound recovery bill.

    But seriously, the UK is becoming very bearucratic [sp??]. Nothings left to common sense. I imagine 20 years ago, a local bobby (on a bicycle) might have stuck his finger in the power and sen it was flour all along.

    Posted 13 years ago #

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