My wife called me at work earlier and asked me if I was watching the news.  She had a panic tone to voice and I asked what was wrong.  She said that when she got home the answering machine was full of messages from my mom and grand-parents, then finally one from my dad.  There was a Hydrogen sulfide leak at the mill my dad works at.  His crew had just left the area that the leak occured in when it happened.  Here is a link to the story:
[url]http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?j2539_BC_AL--ChemicalLeak&&news&newsflash-alabama[/url]
My dad called about 30 minutes ago, still at work, to let me know he was OK.  He said that his shop is about 20 yards from where this happened but just happened to be upwind of the site.  

good to hear that everyone is safe.