Are You Ready? National Security Emergencies

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ ^ | February 7, 2003 | WHITE HOUSE

[cmsgop]

That being said.....my husband is laughing so hard he may be the next to go. Good one..wife of cmsgop.

[virgil]

I can't remember, but does anyone here know if our DEFCON level changed on 9/11?

[Dog]

LMAO!!!!

[Fester Chugabrew]

"Saved to hard drive for future reference."

Maybe a hard copy would be better. Wallet sized.

[Travis McGee]

They forgot to advise Americans to purchase and train with firearms in order to defend their families during periods of chaos.

It must have been an oversight.

[doug from upland]

Using glass is a favorite trick of the terrorist bomber. Glass is a killer in explosions. I won't make this a commercial by giving the company name, but the company with which I am associated has for 30 years manufactured and installed an optically clear 4-mil and 7-mil security window film that allows glass to sustain a 500-lb TNT bomb from a distance of 111 feet. It is the state of the art product in the world. We begin soon two projects in Times Square.

In the Bali bombing, glass was broken 500 yards away. As an example, if a 400-lb car bomb was detonated 150 feet from your window, the kill and maiming zone inside the building could extend up to about 200 feet within the building.

If you work in a building that might be a target or near a building that might be a target, the facility manager of your structure needs to be doing something to protect you. We protected a building a block and a half away from the Murrah building in OKC. Buildings all around ours had broken windows and tremendous interior damage. We didn't have one window give way and allow the blast to penetrate the structure.

FReepmail me if you need more info.

[Darlin']

Thanks for the ping. Ya know, this is not a bad idea. Kinda like being hurricane ready.

[doug from upland]

Who is the FReeper who markets iodine pills?

[AFreeBird]

Updated and Expanded 1987 Edition

The purpose of this book is to provide Americans and other unprepared people with information and self-help instructions that will significantly increase their chances of surviving a nuclear attack. It brings together field- tested instructions that, if followed by a large fraction of Americans during a crisis that precedes an attack, could save millions of lives. The author is convinced that the vulnerability especially of Americans to nuclear threat or attack must be reduced and that the wide dissemination of the information contained in this book will help preserve peace with freedom.

Underlying the advocacy of Americans learning these down-to-earth survival skills is the belief that if one prepares for the worst, the worst is less likely to happen. Effective American civil defense preparations would reduce the probability of nuclear blackmail and war. Yet in our world of increasing dangers, it is significant that the United States spends much less per capita on civil defense than many other countries. The United States' annual funding is about 50 cents per capita, and only a few cents of this is spent on war-related civil defense. Unless U.S. civil defense policies are improved, you are unlikely to receive from official sources much of the survival information given in this book.

More related info in Nuclear War Survival Skills.

Somewhat dated in its premis, but the information is invaluable.

[Chad Fairbanks]

my husband is laughing so hard he may be the next to go.

If I can help further in THAT endeavour, please let me know ;0)

[Quietly]

Include in the emergency kit a hefty bottle of strong drinking spirits for use as an anethesthetic.

[txhurl]

You know, I was pondering what, in retrospect, advice might have been offered to WTC employees. Really nothing, except:

1. Don't go to work.
2. If you must, take parachute.

[ConservativeLawyer]

They forgot to advise Americans to purchase and train with firearms in order to defend their families during periods of chaos.

I'm sure they just assumed we were all already doing that. ;o)

[foreverfree]

bump

[Travis McGee]

Somehow I doubt it. More likely, there will be "Checkpoints" in our national future.

"Firearms Inspections Stop Terrorism"

[kassie]

Thanks for the ping !

[DBtoo]

On my way to work I was listening to NPR (our only radio station) and they were saying for all Americans to have enough food and water for 3 days, to have a radio and fresh batteries, and to have on hand DUCT TAPE and some kind of tarp to cover and seal windows. That one caught my attention. Is the gov. expecting nuclear bombs to fall?

[strela]

Great information, all. Thank you.

I spent quite a few hours this past weekend refilling/refreshing my 72-hour kit. I even constructed an additional extension kit in a big plastic tool chest on rollers with some additional comfort items, camping stuff, etc. Gas tank is full, batteries are all checked and charged or new, water supply topped off ...

[ConservativeLawyer]

I fear you are likely correct.

I must be stupid, because I can't figure out why the liberals think that weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a madman are no threat to the United States or Iraq's neighbors, but ordinary firearms in the hands of law-abiding, responsible citizens are a grave threat.

[Travis McGee]

Indeed.

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