It was a strange day for news. First there was that gas-like odour spooking residents of New York City. Then there were bird deaths in Austin that had the police shutting down ten blocks downtown. Then, there was that package in Miami that gave the area its second terrorism scare in as many days.
This is how it's going to be post-9/11. Whenever a city stinks, birds die or a package fails a test, we'll be holding our breath and wondering if we're under attack.
We don't know what that smell was, the dangerous package was just sprinkler parts and they haven't yet determined what killed those birds. Unconfirmed rumours have Dubya blaming Saddam for all three incidents.
