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>Subject: "Real" Deal about Nuclear, Bio, and Chem Attacks
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>Subject: "Real" Deal about Nuclear, Bio, and Chem Attacks
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>This was sent to a the members of a professional group I belong to
>from one of our members. Because I think this is of the utmost
>importance, I'm going to forward this to everyone I know. If you're
>upset because I bothered you with it, tough.
>You'll get over it. It's good news and, because of our current
>state of affairs, it's probably one of the most important bits of
>information you'll receive. So, do yourself a favor and read it.
>Then take a breath of relief .... then pass it on. I think we owe
>it to our fellow Americans to pass it on. Even if you're still
>skeptical, it's more than you knew before you read it.
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>
>Michael Hentigan
>San Diego, CA
>Hentigan Brace & Associates, Inc.
>619-294-4847
>PI 13485
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>
>----- Original Message -----
> From: SFC Red Thomas (Ret)
> Armor Master Gunner
> Mesa, AZ
> Unlimited reproduction and distribution is authorized. Just
> give me credit for my work, and, keep in context.
>
>Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 12:59 PM
>Subject: "Real" Deal about Nuclear, Bio, and Chem Attacks
>
>
>Since the media has decided to scare everyone with predictions of
>chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare on our turf I decided to
>write a paper and
>keep things in their proper perspective. I am a retired military weapons,
>munitions, and training expert.
>
>Lesson number one: In the mid 1990's there were a series of nerve gas
>attacks on crowded Japanese subway stations. Given perfect conditions for
>an attack less than 10% of the people there were injured (the injured were
>better in a few hours) and only one percent of the injured died. 60 Minutes
>once had a fellow telling us that one drop of nerve gas could kill a
>thousand people, well he didn't tell you the thousand dead people per drop
>was theoretical. Drill Sergeants exaggerate how terrible this stuff was
>to keep the recruits awake in class (I know this because I was a Drill
>Sergeant too). Forget everything you've ever seen on TV, in the
>movies, or read in
>a novel about this stuff, it was all a lie (read this sentence again out
>loud!)! These weapons are about terror, if you remain calm, you will
>probably not die. This is far less scary than the media and their
>"Experts," make it sound.
>
>Chemical weapons are categorized as Nerve, Blood, Blister, and
>Incapacitating agents Contrary to the hype of reporters and politicians
>they are not weapons of mass destruction they are "Area denial," and terror
>weapons that don't destroy anything. When you leave the area you almost
>always leave the risk. That's the difference; you can leave the area and
>the risk; soldiers may have to stay put and sit through it and that's why
>they need all that spiffy gear.
>
>These are not gasses, they are vapors and/or air borne particles. The
>agent must be delivered in sufficient quantity to kill/injure, and
>that defines
>when/how it's used. Every day we have a morning and evening inversion
>where "stuff," suspended in the air gets pushed down. This inversion is why
>allergies (pollen) and air pollution are worst at these times of the day.
>So, a chemical attack will have it's best effect an hour of so either side
>of sunrise/sunset. Also, being vapors and airborne
>particles they are heavier than air so they will seek low places like
>ditches, basements and underground garages. This stuff won't work when
>it's freezing, it doesn't last when it's hot, and wind spreads it too thin too
>fast. They've got to get this stuff on you, or, get you to inhale it for
>it to work. They also have to get the concentration of chemicals high enough
>to kill or wound you. Too little and it's nothing, too much and it's wasted.
>What I hope you've gathered by this point is that a chemical weapons
>attack that kills a lot of people is incredibly hard to do with military grade
>agents and equipment so you can imagine how hard it will be for
>terrorists. The more you know about this stuff the more you realize
>how hard it is to
>use.
>
>We'll start by talking about nerve agents. You have these in your house,
>plain old bug killer (like Raid) is nerve agent. All nerve agents work the
>same way; they are cholinesterase inhibitors that mess up the signals your
>nervous system uses to make your body function. It can harm you if you
>get it on your skin but it works best if they can get you to inhale it. If
>you don't die in the first minute and you can leave the area you're probably
>gonna live. The military's antidote for all nerve agents is atropine and
>pralidoxime chloride. Neither one of these does anything to cure the nerve
>agent, they send your body into overdrive to keep you alive for five
>minutes, after that the agent is used up. Your best protection is fresh
>air and staying calm. Listed below are the symptoms for nerve agent
>poisoning.
>Sudden headache, Dimness of vision (someone you're looking at will have
>pinpointed pupils), Runny nose, Excessive saliva or drooling, Difficulty
>breathing, Tightness in chest, Nausea, Stomach cramps, Twitching of
>exposed skin where a liquid just got on you.
>
>If you are in public and you start experiencing these symptoms, first ask
>yourself, did anything out of the ordinary just happen, a loud pop, did
>someone spray something on the crowd? Are other people getting sick too?
>
>Is there an odor of new mown hay, green corn, something fruity, or camphor
>where it shouldn't be?
>
>If the answer is yes, then calmly (if you panic you breathe faster and
>inhale more air/poison) leave the area and head up wind, or, outside.
>Fresh air is the best "right now antidote". If you have a blob of liquid that
>looks like molasses or Kayro syrup on you; blot it or scrape it off and
>away from yourself with anything disposable. This stuff works based on your
>body weight, what a crop duster uses to kill bugs won't hurt you unless
>you stand there and breathe it in real deep, then lick the residue off the
>ground for while. Remember they have to do all the work, they have to get
>the concentration up and keep it up for several minutes while all you have
>to do is quit getting it on you/quit breathing it by putting space between
>you and the attack.
>
>Blood agents are cyanide or arsine which effect your blood's ability to
>provide oxygen to your tissue. The scenario for attack would be the same
>as nerve agent. Look for a pop or someone splashing/spraying something and
>folks around there getting woozy/falling down. The telltale smells are
>bitter almonds or garlic where it shouldn't be. The symptoms are blue
>lips, blue under the fingernails rapid breathing. The military's antidote is
>amyl nitride and just like nerve agent antidote it just keeps your
>body working
>for five minutes till the toxins are used up. Fresh air is the your best
>individual chance.
>
>Blister agents (distilled mustard) are so nasty that nobody wants to even
>handle it let alone use it. It's almost impossible to handle safely and
>may have delayed effect of up to 12 hours. The attack scenario is also
>limited to the things you'd see from other chemicals. If you do get
>large, painful
>blisters for no apparent reason, don't pop them, if you must, don't let
>the liquid from the blister get on any other area, the stuff just keeps on
>spreading. It's just as likely to harm the user as the target. Soap,
>water, sunshine, and fresh air are this stuff's enemy.
>
>Bottom line on chemical weapons (it's the same if they use industrial
>chemical spills); they are intended to make you panic, to terrorize you,
>to heard you like sheep to the wolves. If there is an attack, leave the area
>and go upwind, or to the sides of the wind stream. They have to get the
>stuff to you, and on you. You're more likely to be hurt by a drunk driver
>on any given day than be hurt by one of these attacks. Your odds get
>better if you leave the area. Soap, water, time, and fresh air
>really deal this
>stuff a knock-out-punch. Don't let fear of an isolated attack rule your
>life. The odds are really on your side.
>
>Nuclear bombs. These are the only weapons of mass destruction on earth.
>The effects of a nuclear bomb are heat, blast, EMP, and radiation. If you see
>a bright flash of light like the sun, where the sun isn't, fall to the
>ground! The heat will be over a second. Then there will be two
>blast waves, one
>out going, and one on it's way back. Don't stand up to see what
>happened after the first wave; anything that's going to happen will have
>happened in two full minutes.
>
>These will be low yield devices and will not level whole cities. If you
>live through the heat, blast, and initial burst of radiation, you'll
>probably live for a very very long time. Radiation will not create fifty
>foot tall women, or giant ants and grass hoppers the size of tanks. These
>will be at the most 1 kiloton bombs; that's the equivalent of 1,000 tons
>of TNT.
>
>Here's the real deal, flying debris and radiation will kill a lot of
>exposed (not all!) people within a half mile of the blast. Under perfect
>conditions this is about a half mile circle of death and
>destruction, but, when it's
>done it's done. EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse and it will fry
>every electronic device for a good distance, it's impossible to say
>what and how
>far but probably not over a couple of miles from ground zero is a good
>guess. Cars, cell phones, computers, ATMs, you name it, all will be out of
>order.
>
>There are lots of kinds of radiation, you only need to worry about three,
>the others you have lived with for years. You need to worry about
>"Ionizing radiation," these are little sub atomic particles that go
>whizzing along
>at the speed of light. They hit individual cells in your body, kill the
>nucleus and keep on going. That's how you get radiation poisoning, you
>have so many dead cells in your body that the decaying cells poison you. It's
>the same as people getting radiation treatments for cancer, only a bigger
>area gets radiated. The good news is you don't have to just sit there and
>take it, and there's lots you can do rather than panic. First; your skin
>will stop alpha particles, a page of a news paper or your clothing will
>stop beta particles, you just gotta try and avoid inhaling dust that's
>contaminated with atoms that are emitting these things and you'll be
>generally safe from them.
>
>Gamma rays are particles that travel like rays (quantum physics makes my
>brain hurt) and they create the same damage as alpha and beta particles
>only they keep going and kill lots of cells as they go all the way
>through your
>body. It takes a lot to stop these things, lots of dense material, on the
>other hand it takes a lot of this to kill you.
>
>Your defense is as always to not panic. Basic hygiene and normal
>preparation are your friends. All canned or frozen food is safe to
>eat. The radiation
>poisoning will not effect plants so fruits and vegetables are OK if
>there's no dust on em (rinse em off if there is). If you don't have
>running water
>and you need to collect rain water or use water from wherever, just let
>it sit for thirty minutes and skim off the water gently from the top. The
>dust with the bad stuff in it will settle and the remaining water can be
>used for the toilet which will still work if you have a bucket of water to
>pour in the tank.
>
>Finally there's biological warfare. There's not much to cover here. Basic
>personal hygiene and sanitation will take you further than a million
>doctors. Wash your hands often, don't share drinks, food, sloppy kisses,
>etc., ... with strangers. Keep your garbage can with a tight lid on it,
>don't have standing water (like old buckets, ditches, or kiddie pools)
>laying around to allow mosquitoes breeding room. This stuff is carried by
>vectors, that is bugs, rodents, and contaminated material. If
>biological warfare
>is so easy as the TV makes it sound, why has Saddam Hussein spent twenty
>years, millions, and millions of dollars trying to get it right? If
>you're clean
>of person and home you eat well and are active you're gonna live.
>Overall preparation for any terrorist attack is the same as you'd take for
>a big storm. If you want a gas mask, fine, go get one. I know this stuff
>and I'm not getting one and I told my Mom not to bother with one either (how's
>that for confidence). We have a week's worth of cash, several days worth
>of canned goods and plenty of soap and water. We don't leave stuff out
>to attract bugs or rodents so we don't have them.
>
>These people can't conceive a nation this big with this much resources.
>These weapons are made to cause panic, terror, and to demoralize. If we
>don't run around like sheep they won't use this stuff after they find out
>it's no fun. The government is going nuts over this stuff because they
>have to protect every inch of America. You've only gotta protect
>yourself, and
>by doing that, you help the country.
>
>Finally, there are millions of caveats to everything I wrote here and you
>can think up specific scenarios where my advice isn't the best. This
>letter is supposed to help the greatest number of people under the greatest
>number of situations. If you don't like my work, don't nit pick,
>just sit down
>and explain chemical, nuclear, and biological warfare in a document around
>three pages long yourself. This is how we the people of the United States can
>rob these people of their most desired goal, your terror.
>
>SFC Red Thomas (Ret)
>Armor Master Gunner
>Mesa, AZ
>Unlimited reproduction and distribution is authorized. Just give me
>credit for my work, and, keep in context.
>
>