Mustard Gas on the Taconic

I woke up out of the most disturbing dream this morning - October 14, 2026 at 8:50 AM.

Me and you (sister Danielle) were in Yorktown at the house and there was a “mustard-gas” type leak that made the Taconic Parkway look like the Walking Dead. The cars were abandoned all the way back up to the southbound entry ramp by the house. It looked like a normal backup until an elephant keeled over and fell on its side on the side of the parkway almost crushing cars. People were running and covering mouth and face with hands. First the kids were there at the house and I was reading them all a story as they were in beds in one room and I was calling for Hazel to hurry up from doing whatever she was doing. Then you were there and the kids were by themselves in Scarsdale and we were trying to figure out a way to get to them. Between the road blocked and the “mustard gas” there was just fear. We thought about using bicycles to go down and then couldn’t because the gas was burning out eyes and lungs like ammonia. And we said - at least they are all together. Hoping they were well and figuring out how to stay safe. Then, you were sitting cross legged on the floor on the phone you just hung up and you looked up at me standing and said “Justin (Megan’s boyfriend) is going to get them”. I screamed how is that possible the highway is blocked there is no way he can get up here and then you said, he was taking bus up to this part of Westchester for some meeting and would get them. As I looked toward the Taconic with the keeled over elephant and the abandoned cars, the northbound traffic started moving and the parkway began to clear.

If this was a short - I’d ask; What will teh children do? How do we get to the kids? What caused the “mustard gas” leak?