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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

MadMax, the Grinning Reaper wrote: “CS is a non-lethal tear-gas grenade. It might become deadly if it was used in a very small confined space where there was no air ventilation, but I’ve been tear-gassed/pepper-gassed as a journalist covering demonstrations and they are not deadly.”

Absolutely correct. Back in the 1990’s, I was a chemical warfare analyst. CS can be lethal in small enclosed spaces. I calculated how much CS would be required to produce lethal concentrations over the Branch Davidian complex considering the force of the wind that day which would have required continuous application to maintain a lethal concentration. The net result was thousands of tons of CS would have been required.

One of the major screw-ups was the use of CS on a day with a very high wind.


22 posted on 02/26/2021 3:45:54 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Most prefer experts who only say things they agree with.)
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To: DugwayDuke
I calculated how much CS would be required to produce lethal concentrations over the Branch Davidian complex considering the force of the wind that day which would have required continuous application to maintain a lethal concentration.

Did your calculations consider the volume of the buildings the CS was pumped into?

How did you calculate the exchange rate, considering the wind, and the CS was primarily put into interior spaces?

26 posted on 02/26/2021 3:54:15 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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