August 5, 2011 – Scary Yankee Chick

A diabetic pregnant woman’s insulin was confiscated by the TSA. Apparently the TSA officer decided it was a threat. The TSA’s response was to quote their liquid carry on items policy. Very helpfull.

Now I had to go look it up online, but from what can I find the standard sizes are either 3ml or 10ml vials, WAY less than the 3.4ounces (100ml) that is the max allowed on a flight. Even if she had 10 vials with her (which I doubt personally, but you never know) that’s ONLY 100ml which is the max SINGLE size the TSA allows on the plane, and you’re allowed SEVERAL containers of that size. She also states that the vials were properly labeled AND she had a letter from her doctor. Plus they didn’t take her syringes either. Go figure.

Way to go TSA, I wonder if they realize that they not only put that woman’s life at risk, they risked the life and health of her fetus as well should something have prevented her from getting more insulin on her trip.

Go vote here.

Personally I found it very difficult to narrow it down to just 10 (I was at close to 30 before I realized how many I had, and I wasn’t done), but I also found it interesting what books they were missing. For example: they list Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera series, but not his Dresden books, and Dresden is a much more popular and acclaimed series. Anne McCaffrey gets the mention with ONE title, instead of the whole dragon series, which would have made ever so much more sense. David Eddings, again one part of a series, instead of the entire series. Mercedes Lackey gets mentioned in two different places for two different trilogies….that are really just parts of a larger series. David Weber only gets a mention for the FIRST book in the Honor series rather than the whole series itself, even though that first book did NOT do well untill well after the next few books were out and people were going back to find it after having read books 2 & 3 (infact I read books 2,3 & 4 before I was finally able to track down a copy of 1, and THAT was only because they re-released it!).

I do have to say though that I was delighted to see so much Asimov and Heinlein, not to mention the inclusion of the Liaden Series by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (Oh Helene!!! if you don’t mind your fantasy with a distinct touch of Sci-Fi mixed in you need to pick up this series!!!). And of course the Princess Bride is listed, as is The Last Unicorn…..Choices choices!!

Found via a Facebook link from Think Geek, though I’m now seeing it crop up in several places I frequent.

TSA Confiscates Insulin

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