Lucylastic -> RE: THIS YEAR'S FURRY CONVENTION OFF (4/16/2017 11:24:03 PM)
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ORIGINAL: WinsomeDefiance Wow. Sooo, wait. Bi-Partisan Furries? Do they draw the line at spots or mutts? Are only white haired furries allowed? Or, is it only indigenous Furries that make the cut? No, wait. That wouldn't work. Must be a secret hump or butt sniff to weed out the undesirables. lol:) that made me smile and reminded me.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4405790/Woman-mistakenly-takes-therapy-dog-furry-convention.html Furries are animal characters with human qualities or characteristics But Cheryl Wassus thought the Motor City Furry Con was an event for pets Wassus brought her one-year-old Bernese mountain dog, Link, to convention She is actively involved with Pets for Vets a charity that pairs dogs with soldiers Motor City Furry Con selected charity this year to donate funds raised at event But she assumed they would be spending the day with other pet lovers and pets But then it makes me wonder who was responsible for the chlorine gas released at another convention Authorities evacuated thousands from a Chicago-area hotel Sunday after guests complained that a noxious order was spreading. Now detectives are investigating, and police say it appears that “an intentional act” was behind high levels of chlorine gas that forced the evacuation at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois, early Sunday morning. The hotel was hosting the Midwest FurFest, a convention where many attendees don animal costumes and “celebrate furry fandom, that is, art, literature and performance based around anthropomorphic animals,” according to the event’s website. Video from WGN shows guests dressed as foxes, tigers and bears spilling onto the streets as fire trucks and hazmat crews arrive. Nineteen people who suffered from nausea and dizziness were treated and transported to area hospitals, officials said. “This incident is being treated as a criminal matter,” the Rosemont Public Safety Department said in a statement. On Twitter, organizers of the annual conference said they were looking for tips about what happened. Investigators detected a high level of chlorine gas in the air when they arrived at the hotel around 1 a.m., officials said. Hazmat teams found the source of the smell in a stairwell on the hotel’s ninth floor: a “substance, consistent in odor and appearance to powdered chlorine,” the public safety department said. In a statement Sunday, convention organizers said guests were allowed to return to their rooms several hours after the evacuation. “In the course of investigating the scene, the Rosemont Police Department determined that this was a criminal act and began investigating it as such. This delayed allowing our guests back into the hotel,” the statement said, describing the situation as an “unfortunate incident.” Refunds will not be offered, organizers said, “because this was an unforeseen possibly criminal act.” http://kdvr.com/2014/12/07/furry-convention-evacuated-after-chlorine-gas-fills-hotel-19-hospitalized/
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