No weapons of math instruction?
Posted on 01/08/2007 1:19:20 PM PST by areafiftyone
No weapons of math instruction?
"This was a test...This radio station in cooperation with state and local authorities have conducted this test to prepare the public, if this had been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed on where to put your heads and what to kiss goodbye...Remember, this was only a test..."
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I remember when those tests used to be on TV and you would hear a high pitched sound. Ahhh the good ole days of "Duck and Cover"!
I remember being told about the duck and cover days...
But it used to be the old "EBS" alert "tone" that just about put the hairs on the back of my neck into the next life...
That new "EAS" tone (scratch) they have now is just plain irritating...Like an out of tune car alarm...
When I was in elementary school from 1965 - 1969 we had to do the duck and cover drills but then it stopped about 1970 and never heard about it again but by then I was going into Junior High.
QUESTION:If these sprinkler heads were for fire control on the ship, do they have the same componants as a smoke detecter? I believe smoke detecters have a small amount of radioactive material which, might cause a false positive.
Good snag there...
But all we have heard is that they (whomever that is) were only testing for explosives, not radioactive material...
And that the test swab came back positive 6 times for C4 residue...
Thats why I asked the question yesterday, that if these "heads" were tested, then there might have been some sealant used like "plumbers putty" that has the consistancy like C4, but maybe trace chemicals and or elements that mimick the explosive chemical signature...
I curious to know if the adhiesive material used in C4 is similar to the sealer putty used for civilian purposes...
It just seems to work similar between the two substances...
Adhiesives used in this manner leave residue and trace material, enough to give you a "hit" on your sampling...
"were only testing for explosives, not radioactive material..."
Is it possible, if there was radioactive material in the heads, that might somehow effect the readings? I'm guessing the explosive testing device is pretty sensitive and task- specific. ( I'm still not sure how those heads work)
Since these were sprinkler heads, then they wouldn't have a detection capability...All they do is have an element in the valve portion of the head that melts at a certain temperature, thus breaking away and dispensing water in an area where it is mounted overhead...
I used to carry wooden wedges and other shims (in my helmet, or pockets in my turnout jacket, that I could jamb into the valve to stem the flow and reduce water damage, but only after we knocked the fires down enough though...
The CO and smoke detectors do have radioactive sensors that give off a negligible reading that should alway be recognized for what they are...At least the ones I know about...
"No Explosives - Contained Sprinkler Parts!"
so they say... *puts tinfoil hat on*
The container with two middle Easterners in it, yet no apparent crimes.
The box of sprinkler parts that tested positive for explosives.
Are the ragheads trying to define our security measures so they can sneak around them? That's my take on it. Nobody should chalk these things up as our security forces being klutzes.
I think our security system stinks. I don't think it's accurate in it's detecting and has too many false positives. It needs to be overhauled. That is what I see here.
No it didn't. It contained 3 muslim a-holes who are islamo-fascist sympathizers at best.
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