Posted on 10/01/2001 5:29:31 PM PDT by backhoe
Here is a collection of links to information you need about Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Warfare- ABC to us oldtimers.
This second thread refines & extracts more links and information you may need. Get it beforehand!
Chances of survival are increased by knowledge and understanding of the capabilities and limitations of each class of weapons.
It is my hope that those of you who have further knowledge, or links, regarding this will add to it-- and pass it along the 'net.
Couple of Good Nuclear War Survival Primers...
Couple of Good Nuclear War Survival Primers...
You Will Survive Doomsday (Eye-Opening Myth Buster!)
11 Steps to Nuclear War Survival (From Canadian version of FEMA)
Nuclear War Survival Skills (280 pg 'how-to' book on-line!)
Trans-Pacific Fallout (Don't be caught off-guard by these ill winds!)
Nuclear War Unthinkable? (Russian & Chinese Preps!)
...and...
Bruce Beach's Nuclear Survival Ark II Site
This last was recently updated and also includes FEMA Nuclear Weapon Target Maps by state along with survival info and groups specific for each! Enjoy!
Shane Connor, author of...
Potassium Iodide Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ
- Fact Sheets on Biological Agents (Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, The Johns Hopkins University)
- Harvard Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation (HSP)
- Joint SIPRI-Bradford Chemical and Biological Warfare Project
- Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (CBIAC)
- Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS): United States Response to CBW Terrorism and Domestic Preparedness
- Christopher F. Chyba, "Biological Terrorism, Emerging Diseases, and National Security" (Project on World Security, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
- American Medical Association (AMA): Medicine's Role in Responding to Terrorism
- Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response
- Textbook of Military Medicine: Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare
- Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook
- Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook
- The Medical NBC Battlebook, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM), Tech Guide 244, May 1999.
- Mitretek Systems: Background on Biological Warfare, Background on Chemical Warfare
- PhRMA Scientific and Regulatory Affairs: Biological & Chemical Weapons
1) Go to your area Boy Scout or Girl Scout Council shop to find copies of the Manuals.
2) Making the Best of Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook by James Talmadge Stevens
3) U.S. Army Survival Manual by the Dept. of Defense
4) Ranger Handbook by U.S. Army Infantry School
5) SAS Survival Guide by John Wiseman
6) SAS Survival Handbook by John Wiseman
7) The Complete Book of Survival : How to Protect Yourself Against Revolution, Riots, Hurricanes, Famines and Other Natural and Man-Made Disasters by Rainer Stahlberg
A Civil Defense Manual - How To Protect Your family - WARNING: 32 pages long.
Smallpox Threat Small But Worrisome
-Index of Chemical Warfare/weapons articles--
-Index of Bioterrorism articles--
-Index of Terrorism articles--
Is everyone stocking up on canned goods, batteries, water, etc?? If they hit any refineries the supply lines will be interrupted or slowed. That means groceries, medications, gasoline, for openers!
(Might also be a good idea to share your phone number with a trusted/friendly FReeper - just in case.)
Smallpox vaccine to be ready ahead of schedule
Nuclear Forces Guide (Known Weapons of Mass Destruction possessed by Individual Countries)
- It is highly lethal.
- 100 million lethal doses per gram of anthrax material (100,000 times deadlier than the deadliest chemical warfare agent).
- Silent, invisible killer.
- Inhalational anthrax is virtually always fatal.
- There are low barriers to production.
- Low cost of producing the anthrax material.
- Not high-technology. Knowledge is widely available.
- Easy to produce in large quantities.
- It is easy to weaponize.
- It is extremely stable. It can be stored almost indefinitely as a dry powder.
- It can be loaded, in a freeze-dried condition, in munitions or disseminated as an aerosol with crude sprayers.
- Currently, we have a limited detection capability.
- Anthrax is a naturally occurring disease of plant eating animals (goats, sheep, cattle, wine, etc.) caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
- It is an illness which has been recognized since antiquity. Anthrax was common in essentially all areas where livestock are raised. Intensive livestock immunization programs have greatly reduced the occurrence of the disease among both animals and humans in much of the world, an most outbreaks occur in areas where immunization programs have not been implemented or have become compromised (primarily Africa and Asia; however, outbreaks occurred during the mid- I 990's in Haiti and the former Soviet Union).
- Anthrax spores can remain viable for several decades under suitable environmental conditions; thus, absence of cases does not equate to absence of risk.
- Humans can contract anthrax in three ways:
- Through cuts or breaks in the skin resulting from contact with an infected animal (cutaneous anthrax), resulting in local and possibly systemic (bloodstream) infection.
- From breathing anthrax spores (termed "woolsorters" disease) resulting in an infection of the lungs (inhalational anthrax).
- From eating infected meat, resulting in gastrointestinal infection (gastrointestinal anthrax). Gastrointestinal anthrax is generally not considered a threat to U.S. forces.
- Symptoms of anthrax begin after a 1 to 6 day incubation period following exposure.
- For contact or cutaneous anthrax, itching will occur at the site of exposure followed by the formation of a lesion. Untreated contact anthrax has a fatality rate of 5-20 percent, but with effective antibiotic treatment, few deaths occur.
- Initial symptoms for inhalational anthrax are generally non-specific: low grade fever, a dry hacking cough, and weakness. The person may briefly improve after 2 to 4 days; however within 24 hours after this brief improvement, respiratory distress occurs with shock and death following shortly thereafter.
- Almost all cases of inhalational anthrax, in which treatment was begun after patients have exhibited symptoms, have resulted in death, regardless of post-exposure treatment.
- Prior to exposure, prevention through vaccination, using the FDA-licensed vaccine.
- Otherwise, antibiotics such as penicillin, ciprofloxacin, and doxycycline are the drugs of choice for treatment of anthrax.
- Treatment with antibiotics must begin prior to the onset of symptoms and must include vaccination prior to discontinuing their use.
- The use of antibiotics keep the patient alive until their body can build an immunity to anthrax via vaccination. After symptoms appear however, inhalational anthrax is almost always fatal, regardless of treatment.
Here's some info about a couple of books that are "good to have standing by" in case of medical emergency:
Special Forces Medical Handbook ST-31-91B
Survivalist's Medicine Chest by Ragnar Benson, ISBN # 0-87364-256-2
Later copies of SFMH are available, and on CD- but remember a CD-ROM or computer may not work in an emergency!
These & other titles were published here:
and might also be here:
I have not checked recently, be so advised.
The "Good Stuff Maynard" link you have that I posted earlier has been nuetered due to the situation in Afghanistan. Another good reason to archive good websites to your hard drive in case you cannot access them via the Internet for whatever reason.
You can save websites onto your hard drive using Micro$oft's Internet Explorer by clicking the "File "drop down menu in the upper left of your browser window, then click "Save as". Then under "Save as", click and select .mht (web archive file). Also type in the folder you want to save the info to. This will save the website text and pics into one file that your browser can view anytime offline.
just between you & me- it's disgustingly easy with the web, and contributions from helpful FReepers!
When you call people paranoid, maybe it is just revealing your lack of perception.
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GandtheD
Thanks for taking the time, backhoe.
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GandtheD
TY for your hard work, friend. Right now, 50% of all Americans think that they are very likely to become victims of a terrorist attack. My personal opinion is that each individual stands a very low chance.... UNLESS population control fanatics are involved. [Not talking about typical pop control people, but the ultra-extreme kind that wants to herd people to conform with the UN map.] And I don't think that Bush is in with them. We might lose an entire metro area to a nuclear bomb. That would not be pop control. They would prefer some bio weapon that only kills humans, something that gets time to spread. And the ultra-fanatics could blame it all on mid east terrorists. This is very unlikely to happen, but I would blame them if it got to a 20-25% death rate for people at home, not the Islamics, who simply could not accomplish that level of destruction without numerous nuclear bombs.
BTW, this gloomy thinking is worst-case scenario. Sad-am the Shoeshine Boy Insane called for terrorist support back during Desert Storm. Guess what? We hardly suffered from anything of note at home. That is best case scenario.
One thing that gives me comfort is knowing that the day of world-wide prayer was probably record-breaking. I believe in prayer, because about 30% of the people who pray have enough faith to make a difference, and the level of faith put in that day of prayer was likely record-breaking as well. Thank God we have a Christian President who dared to call for prayer! He isn't perfect. But that one day could be the most significant thing any US president ever did.
God bless you again for your hard work. Freegards....
TY for your hard work, friend. Right now, 50% of all Americans think that they are very likely to become victims of a terrorist attack. My personal opinion is that each individual stands a very low chance.... UNLESS population control fanatics are involved. [Not talking about typical pop control people, but the ultra-extreme kind that wants to herd people to conform with the UN map.] And I don't think that Bush is in with them. We might lose an entire metro area to a nuclear bomb. That would not be pop control. They would prefer some bio weapon that only kills humans, something that gets time to spread. And the ultra-fanatics could blame it all on mid east terrorists. This is very unlikely to happen, but I would blame them if it got to a 20-25% death rate for people at home, not the Islamics, who simply could not accomplish that level of destruction without numerous nuclear bombs.
BTW, this gloomy thinking is worst-case scenario. Sad-am the Shoeshine Boy Insane called for terrorist support back during Desert Storm. Guess what? We hardly suffered from anything of note at home. That is best case scenario.
One thing that gives me comfort is knowing that the day of world-wide prayer was probably record-breaking. I believe in prayer, because about 30% of the people who pray have enough faith to make a difference, and the level of faith put in that day of prayer was likely record-breaking as well. Thank God we have a Christian President who dared to call for prayer! He isn't perfect. But that one day could be the most significant thing any US president ever did.
God bless you again for your hard work. Freegards....
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