Oh it's not back to normal as of yet. Who knows how many days they'll take to
investigate. They can't keep the neighborhood close forever because businesses
are going to lose money. And that's the bad thing about this whole thing. But
anyway I guess they're looking for this guy and hopefully they'll find them. I
guess they got pretty good video from what I heard. I got an alert on my phone
but I didn't get a chance to read it. Because it went away quickly. But anyway
when you get emergency alerts man do you get away A loud tone. So I didn't get
to read it. But anyway what can I say. It was kind of a rainy day this morning
but I think it stopped. Anyway I think my workers going to come and help with
the laundry. Know how the homecare workers are going to get into my building to
help their clients that need it I have no idea. I guess the only way they can
come in this with a photo ID. Otherwise no go.
Kathleen Polkabla
On Sep 19, 2016, at 11:27 AM, Rosemarie Chavarria <knitqueen2007@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi, Kathleen,
I'm glad that diner down the block is delivering food for everyone since they
won't be able to get out. I'm sure you'll be glad when everything goes back
to normal.
Rosie
On 9/19/2016 6:07 AM, Kathleen Polkabla wrote:
Well there's some people that live in my building that are gay or lesbian
that nobody bothers them. People just leave them alone. But hopefully
they'll catch the person that did this. I still hope that my move home on
the second will happen. I really hope it will. I hope by then they have open
the neighborhood up. I sure hope so. Anyway I'm probably going to finish a
lot of my frozen food. I'm working on it. The only thing I may have the
take-home will be frozen vegetables and maybe baloney and cheese. Anyway I
sure hope things get back to normal soon. My friend in New Jersey is keeping
me abreast of what's going on. A lot of the stuff in the paper she converts
it to text and sends it to me. So that's basically how that goes. But what
are the diners down the block is delivering meals to the building so people
can have food. Because you can't go out to the grocery store and stuff
unless you have a photo ID. So that's how that goes. And they're not letting
that many people in it inner out of the neighborhood. Right now today it's
rainy and kind of damp and dreary. So I'm not going out. When my worker come
she's going to do the laundry. The only thing about this whole mess is
probably people who need help at home maybe their homecare workers aren't
able to come in that's gonna be a big mess. Unless the cops are making some
kind of exception I don't know.
Kathleen Polkabla
On Sep 19, 2016, at 12:22 AM, Vickie <rolisonv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I believe it was on CBS news that reported that the bomb was a pressure
cooker bomb. But the Governor, and the Mayor both say it was not a
terrorist incident. Supposedly, it was related to the gay movement. So,
Kathleen, are there a whole bunch of gays that live in your building? I
doubt it very much, and because it was a pressure cooker bomb, I sure can’t
help but think it was anything else other than a terrorist incident. How
ridiculous. After all, ISIS doesn’t like gays, any more than they do
Christians or women who dress like Americans do. So, that’s my conclusion
and anyone will be hard pressed to change my mind on that one. After all,
if they call it a terrorist incident, then the building won’t be able to
get help from the government to do the repairs. Nor, will the businesses
that are damaged or whose windows are blown out, or who are losing business
as a result of all the closures be able to file a claim with the
government. Disgusting!
Vickie
From: Linda Gehres
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 7:59 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: Mall in Minnesota
It most certainly does, Connie. In the Minnesota case, I’ve heard that
there was an Isisconnection in that the man who wounded nine people before
he was killed by an off-duty police officer had been radicalized by Isis.
The jury’s still out as to whether the New York, New Jersey and Minnesota
cases are connected. Haven’t heard anything about Washington D.C.
involvement.
Linda G.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
On Behalf Of cmohney1961@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 4:07 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: Mall in Minnesota
Good Lord the violence needs to end.
Connie
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Vickie <rolisonv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A man who stabbed nine people at a mall in central Minnesota before he was
shot dead
is a "soldier of the Islamic State," the militant group's news agency said
on Sunday,
as the FBI investigated the attack as a potential act of terrorism.
The man, who was wearing a private security uniform, made references to
Allah and
asked at least one person if they were Muslim before he assaulted them at
the Crossroads
Center mall in St. Cloud on Saturday, the city's Police Chief William Blair
Anderson
told reporters.
Authorities declined to identify the suspect, who was killed by an off-duty
policeman,
because the investigation is underway.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation considers the episode a "potential act
of terrorism,"
Richard Thornton, FBI special agent in charge of the agency's Minneapolis
division,
said at a news conference on Sunday.
He said the investigation is in its early stages and it was not known if
the man
had discussed his plan of attack with others.
Authorities had said earlier there were eight stabbing victims. One injured
person
transported himself to a hospital and was not initially counted, St. Cloud
Mayor
Dave Kleis said at the news conference.
Three victims remained hospitalized as of Sunday but none had
life-threatening injuries,
Kleis said.
Kleis said Jason Falconer, the off-duty officer from the Avon Police
Department,
a jurisdiction outside of St. Cloud, "clearly prevented additional injuries
and loss
of life" by shooting the man.
Amaq, the news agency affiliated with the Middle Eastern extremist group
Islamic
State, issued a statement on Sunday saying, "The executor of the stabbing
attacks
in Minnesota yesterday was a soldier of the Islamic State and carried out
the operation
in response to calls to target the citizens of countries belonging to the
crusader
coalition."
Reuters was not immediately able to verify the Amaq claim.
The knife attack in St. Cloud, a community about 60 miles (100 km)
northwest of Minneapolis-St.
Paul, came at a time of heightened concern in the United States about the
threat
of violence in public places.
An explosion rocked New York City's bustling Chelsea district on Saturday,
injuring
29 people in what authorities described as a deliberate criminal act. But
both New
York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said
there was
no indication it was linked to international terrorism.
May God bless you now, and evermore!