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Duct Tape and Plastic Sheeting
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WinkOsmosis
Banned
Don't air conditioning systems recirculate air? So houses and apartments don't get any fresh air except when someone opens the door or a window.
0roo0roo
No Lifer
its for wrapping decompossing bodies of course. you don't want to see that ugly stuff in plain site u know.
funny how pitiful this administration is. fear everything! bah!
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"This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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funny how pitiful this administration is. fear everything! bah!
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"This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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3L33T32003
Banned
Nice how the govt loves to try to scare people.
Of course, a frightened public is much more likely to want things like the Patriot act, part two to be passed. And then, martial law getting declared. And then GWB will be named Czar. Conservatives will get the society they always wanted. Problem is, 95% of the conservatives do not make enough money to be considered part of the social elite and will get screwed in the a$$ with the rest of us.
HERE ARE THE FACTS: Nerve gasses will kill you before you can get your plastic up. If a terrorist spray bombs your apt building you will be dead before you turn on the tv and find out you should be duct taping your home. Also, every nerve gas or biological gas attack that has ever occured has been short lived and mostly a failure--the gas has to be released in an almost airtight arena anyway or the wind disperses it before it can harm anyone. Trust me, folks, this is not a terror threat of any magnitude. I would worry more about drowning in my bathtub.
And let's face facts, people: YOU ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO DIE IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON THE WAY TO THE HARDWARE STORE THAN YOU ARE TO DIE IN A GAS ATTACK. The difference in the odds is so astronomical that people with even a simple grasp of math can understand it.
The administration is actually INCREASING your chances of dying if you have to make an extra trip to get the duct tape and the plastic. Oh and another trip to buy water and other useless sh!t that will do you no good.
Of course, a frightened public is much more likely to want things like the Patriot act, part two to be passed. And then, martial law getting declared. And then GWB will be named Czar. Conservatives will get the society they always wanted. Problem is, 95% of the conservatives do not make enough money to be considered part of the social elite and will get screwed in the a$$ with the rest of us.
HERE ARE THE FACTS: Nerve gasses will kill you before you can get your plastic up. If a terrorist spray bombs your apt building you will be dead before you turn on the tv and find out you should be duct taping your home. Also, every nerve gas or biological gas attack that has ever occured has been short lived and mostly a failure--the gas has to be released in an almost airtight arena anyway or the wind disperses it before it can harm anyone. Trust me, folks, this is not a terror threat of any magnitude. I would worry more about drowning in my bathtub.
And let's face facts, people: YOU ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO DIE IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON THE WAY TO THE HARDWARE STORE THAN YOU ARE TO DIE IN A GAS ATTACK. The difference in the odds is so astronomical that people with even a simple grasp of math can understand it.
The administration is actually INCREASING your chances of dying if you have to make an extra trip to get the duct tape and the plastic. Oh and another trip to buy water and other useless sh!t that will do you no good.
I agree.
However, it is ALWAYS a good idea to have canned food, bottled water, batteries, a radio, etc. You never know when a natural disaster like a tornado, earthquake, or hurricane might strike. And if something DOES happen and you can't leave your house (quarrantine?) you'll be damn glad you have those extra cans of soup and boxes of crackers. Disaster preparedness is a GOOD thing... but like I said before, duct tape and plastic sheeting sound like trying to make yourself invisable with your bed sheets.
Actually, as a department (maintenance) manager for a major plastic sheeting manufacturer. I can say with definate certainty that people are buying sheeting faster than we can make it. We primarily manufacture trash can liners, but we have shifted a good portion of our production over to making sheeting to meet the ridiculous demand.
Ask anyone that lives around any chemical producing facility in the US. This is SOP!
Like others, I'm wondering why anyone is making fun of this. There is a cedible threat and chemical agents make a lot of sense if you want widespread panic. Nerve agents are expensive and more dangerous to the person carrying it than anyone else. Anthrax, smallpox or any number of other agents make a lot more sense than nerve agents.
You want a 'safe room' where exposure to the outside air is severly restricted. Most agents are dispersed by wind, rain and degraded by sunlight in just a couple of days.
One person and a vile smaller than a lady's compact would wreak havoc for millions.
Propaganda? If you think so, you are an idiot!
LethalWolfe
Diamond Member
Unless you know of the attack before hand and "secure" your home prior to the weapon being delivered I think yer SOL if you live where the weapon was delievered. I could be wrong though 'cause I don't know the in's and out's of bio/chem warfare.
For example, if a plane made a single pass over downtown DC and sprayed VX gas (which the UN knows Iraq possed in the 90's) into the air on a day w/little/no wind what would happen? How big would the affected area be? How long would it remain a "hot" zone? The time table of events probably looks like this. The plane passes over heard and "covers" the entire target area in a matter of minutes. Someone notices that it looked like it was spraying something. They call the local news. The local news intrupts local programing w/a warning that there might have just been a chemical attack. You just happen to be watching the news and immediately start to seal off yer home. My question is between the time the attack happends and the time people know there was an attack is there enough time to actually react to it or are you dead?
I think everyone is blowing the duct tape and plastic off because it sounds a whole heck of a lot like the duck and cover "safety" drill during the 50's to incase of a nuclear strike.
Lethal
Precisely.
How many days does it take anthrax or smallpox to incubate? We are talking about invisible things that, once we realize have been let loose, it will be too late. (The Stand is probably the best fiction depicting what could happen) I don't think any of this is stuff to make fun of... but having plastic sheeting and duct tape is going to give a lot of people a false sense of security.
On the otherhand, I do have a supply of stuff to help counteract radiation sickness, and if a dirty bomb did go off anywhere near me, I'd try like heck to seal us off as much as possible. I have enough food and water to last a few days, and yes, I have all kinds of plants, but I always have loved growing things. I don't have any plastic sheeting but I do have a large closet where we would go in case of a tornado, etc. Anyway, that's where you'll find our bodies. 😛
My advice for those fearing terrorist attacks is simply this:
Love each other, and live each moment as fully as possible. Period.
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