I wonder what the temperature is in Toronto today. It was -56* in Saskatchewan this morning.
More items of interest: Snipped from article
NHS gets 'dirty bomb' equipment
James Meikle and Hugh Muir
Friday January 23, 2004
The Guardian
The NHS is stepping up anti-terrorism measures with radiation detectors being issued to ambulance crews and hospital casualty departments that might have to cope with the aftermath of a "dirty bomb".
The other emergency services have already got the equipment and the government is also installing detectors at ports and airports.
Mini-detectors have been widely employed in US cities in recent weeks to guard against the threat posed by terrorists using conventional explosives to spread radioactive materials over a wide area.
The NHS has already stockpiled personal protection suits for use in emergencies, while 360 mobile decontamination units have been dispersed throughout Britain.
GPs will soon be sent action cards, helping them to identify patients who might have been exposed to "silent" chemical or biological weapons, and outlining the clinical response needed.
Government officials are considering whether they have sufficient supplies of vaccines, antibiotics and antidotes for nerve agents and radiation. They have talked to more than 40 drug companies about such counter-measures, but have still to determine whether other measures, including a new vaccine-production centre at Porton Down, in Wiltshire, are needed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1129472,00.html-13 with the wind and 10-20cm of ice and snow. A good day for the power to go out!