... be delayed by at least a day by the new irradiation (for mail) and inspections programs (for deliveries) put into place after such an anthrax attack as that described above.
What are you smoking?
After the 3 gram micro attack, we have spent over 100 million on decontamination, and two major USPS mail centers are STILL closed as unsafe, including one a mile from the US Capitol.
After a 3 gram warning attack!
Tell me how we will clean up after a 100,000 gram (100 kilo) attack on our entire USPS, FEDEX and UPS systems? Plus airports and subways?
How does that work?
By your "100# equals one day delay" calculation, the 3 gram warning shot should have been cleaned up in about 7 seconds.
But after a year and a half and tens of millions each in cleanup costs, those postal centers are STILL CLOSED.
Please explain this discrepency, I must be too dim to perceive your mathematics.