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Antibubba

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If the worst should happen, I am now prepared
« on: March 18, 2007, 09:35:44 PM »
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Re: If the worst should happen, I am now prepared
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2007, 10:07:52 PM »
Thanks Antibubba, that sure tickled my funnybone.  laugh
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Re: If the worst should happen, I am now prepared
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2007, 10:49:46 AM »
Dry, sick humor.  Much like my own.

I feel much better now.
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2007, 10:55:56 AM »
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Re: If the worst should happen, I am now prepared
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2007, 01:52:38 PM »
I'm not willing to read all of that in order to find the funny.


I guess this all started when Tom Ridge was talking about duct tape and plastic, and everyone thought it was a big joke.  At the time, I had just read an article in Soldier of Fortune by someone living in Israel who described using duct tape and plastic to create a safe room in the event of a chemical attack.  Apparently, it is not a joke in Israel.  Just my haphazardly informed opinion. 
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Re: If the worst should happen, I am now prepared
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2007, 05:54:00 PM »
Quote from: fistful on March 19, 2007, 12:52:38 PM
I'm not willing to read all of that in order to find the funny.


I guess this all started when Tom Ridge was talking about duct tape and plastic, and everyone thought it was a big joke.  At the time, I had just read an article in Soldier of Fortune by someone living in Israel who described using duct tape and plastic to create a safe room in the event of a chemical attack.  Apparently, it is not a joke in Israel.  Just my haphazardly informed opinion. 

While the military has all sorts of neat protective devices for people during a NBC attack, mostly involving activated charcoal suits and a neato filter mask, plastic sheeting is our main protective barrier for our equipment.  If we expect a chemical attack, the procedure is to cover everything with two or more layers of plastic.  Why two or more?  Well, it makes it less likely to get through even if there's a minor rip, flap, it seeps through one, whatever.  Also, you can worry less about contaminating the vehicle with runoff if you don't remove the contaminated layer just right if there's another below it.
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Re: If the worst should happen, I am now prepared
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2007, 07:21:09 PM »
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I guess this all started when Tom Ridge was talking about duct tape and plastic, and everyone thought it was a big joke.  At the time, I had just read an article in Soldier of Fortune by someone living in Israel who described using duct tape and plastic to create a safe room in the event of a chemical attack.  Apparently, it is not a joke in Israel.  Just my haphazardly informed opinion.

The difference is, the Israelis have probably been instructed in, and rehearsed, the speedy construction of the safe room.  What percentage of Americans have?  At the point the VX is dispersing is not the time to see if it works.
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