DISPATCHES FROM MEDIA BOOT CAMP
Reporters attending the Pentagon's "media boot camp" are learning that
chem/bio suits and masks don't protect against all gases.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2073993
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"(Shameless Microsoft plug for Slate readers: The computers the Navy uses to
fire Tomahawks run on Windows NT)."
so.... we're f*cked. In the middle of a battle the Blue Screen Of Death
will take on a whole new meaning. *sigh*
~J
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Excerpt:
The biggest concern for most reporters slated to cover Gulf War II is that
Saddam will use chemical or biological weapons, so media boot camp includes
seven hours of training to protect against weapons of mass destruction. The
Marines are planning to deliver the bulk of the training, including time in
a gas chamber (dubbed the "confidence chamber" by Marines with a clumsy
sense of euphemism.) But the Navy briefed us about the standard
military-issue chem/bio suit and mask and what they protect against. The
good news: They protect against nerve agents like Sarin gas. The bad news:
They don't protect against "blood agents" like cyanide, which restrict the
ability of blood to absorb oxygen. But there's a silver lining, according to
Chief Petty Officer Dave Rawlin: "The good thing about blood agents is that
if you don't die within the first couple of minutes, you're going to live."
All are not comforted by this.
Jon
If Maru Starships used Microsoft: "An unrecoverable error has occurred in
Program "Deflector Shields' in Sector 54F30B87D9H6A. Shields Collapsing.
Goodbye."
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