Broken Air Intake Makes West Wing Smoky

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON - An air circulation unit went on the fritz at the White House Sunday and sent smoke through parts of the West Wing.

"What happened is the air intake unit was malfunctioning and that caused the smoke," Secret Service spokeswoman Ann Roman said. "There was no evacuation."

Smoke filled several areas of the West Wing, including the White House briefing room, cubicles used by the press and offices occupied by the Bush administration's communications officials. Television cameramen stationed in the briefing room at the time said the smoke smelled like burning wires, but Roman said there was no fire.

She said the problem occurred in the basement near the press lobby. Members of the media and a smoke detector alarm that sounded at 10:22 a.m. EDT alerted White House personnel to the problem. Doors were opened and fans were set up to ventilate the area. Within an hour or so, the smoke and odor had dissipated.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041017/ap_on_go_pr_wh/smoky_white_house

[slinkerwink]

1. perhaps that was a sign from God?

[StupidFOX]

2. Hey, now they know

how America feels. *cough cough*

[name not needed]

3. Smoke em out.

[meow2u3]

10. Is this what Bush means by "smokin' out the terrorists"?

Just wondering.

[MADem]

11. HAHAHAHA!

That's what I thought--smoke 'em outta their holes, you can run but cha can't hide, dead or alive, yee haw!

Either that, or he left a doobie burning somewhere.

[Diogenes2]

4. Smoke... and you can be sure

Rove's got those mirrors set up in there, too. Now, forward to victory... NOT!

[DrZeeLit]

5. Finally Caught Laura, eh?

I read where Laura Bush is a chain smoker. It sooo made me shudder -- the picture of her perfection doesn't mesh with that.... and then, I just laughed. It's all theatre.

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. That's the first thing that I thought

She definitely has the upper lip of a lifelong smoker.

[robbedvoter]

6. Can't even be good tenants in our house, can they?

[Gyre]

7. It's the shrubs pants on fire

:)

Gyre

[Eurobabe]

8. comment on yahoo boards: Bu$h freebasing again

[MADem]

12. Better still than my doobie reference!!! n/t

[daleo]

13. This is a manifestation of Ron Silver's righteous anger

Hollywood Liberals, beware.