DejaVu in NYC. Terror? No Terror?

[Bardan the Slayer]

Yep, sometimes it's a blessing to live in a quite out-of-the-way place, and I'm glad my sweetie lives in an out-=of-the-way place too. It's true that in Britain we've had terrorism for 25 years, but it still doesn't make it any easier to see how many people are scared by all of this.

All I can say is that we hope nothing happens anywhere, and that people should be aware of threats but not ruled by them. Be cautious, but live your life as normally as you can.

That's the advice of a totally unqualified-to-comment person. I'm sure you all feel immensly cheered

[Sir Krustin]

Originally posted by MagiK: Im not exactly sure what the big craze for duct tape is, but it is a useful material....but if you duct tape your self into a room so that no bacteria can get into you....yer gonna suffocate in a couple of hours any way.

Most bio/chem agents are particulate in nature, the barrier doesn't have to be totally airtight - it just has to keep stray airborne contaminants out. Even in the case of a nuke, other than the gamma pulse, the alpha and beta are easily dealt with by a sheet of plastic.

[Sir Krustin]

Originally posted by Yorick: A mate told me today how he was on a subway, and a fellow in full Osama-like regalia, beard and all, got on with a BRIEFCASE. Was he mad or what? The whole train bored a hole in his head with their eyes, watching his every move. I mean surely, surely given all the warnings you could alter your appearance just SLIGHTLY so that you don't look like Osama carrying a briefcase on a subway. Sheesh...

I don't think the undisguised ones are anything to worry about. [img]smile.gif[/img]