Re: The living _won't_ envy the dead

2002-03-07 Thread Ken Brown
Faustine wrote: [...snip...] For all its propagandizing, I still think it's entirely possible to come away from that film convinced that as a nation we need more and better preparation, not less. That's the point - you as a nation (the USA) might well have been able to prepare for it.

Re: The living _won't_ envy the dead

2002-03-07 Thread Jim Choate
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, John Young wrote: Moreover, the tip of downtown Manhattan is within a few blocks of water on three sides, And what do you think the effect of a close range nuclear blast will be on a shallow bay filled with water...can you say drowned rat? --

Re: The living _won't_ envy the dead

2002-03-07 Thread matthew X
tip of downtown Manhattan is within a few blocks of water on three sides, And what do you think the effect of a close range nuclear blast will be on a shallow bay filled with water...can you say drowned rat? Rats can take 5 times the radiation levels of humans and breed faster,dont write us

The living _won't_ envy the dead

2002-03-06 Thread Tim May
Comment on the original thread title: It's bizarre to see politicians saying We should have been told about the nuke suspected to be in NYC! The smuggling of a nuke into D.C., the missing suitcase/demolition nukes, all that stuff, was a hot topic of discussion _here_ and in many places. (Of

Re: The living _won't_ envy the dead

2002-03-06 Thread John Young
If the nuke is placed at the NY Stock Exchange most New Yorkers would not be affected by the blast due to the unusually dense architecture surrounding the exchange -- much denser than now allowed by zoning and building codes. And many of the older buildings are substantially built of heavy

Re: The living _won't_ envy the dead

2002-03-06 Thread matthew X
Why the Atta bunch wasted their efforts on laborers in WTC rather than creme-de-la-creme Park and 5th is a mysterious conspiracy.) They finished the job that started in 93,and they were assisted by details of the WTC structure that came out in the trial. No wonder the State seeks secret

Re: The living _won't_ envy the dead

2002-03-06 Thread Faustine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim wrote: Comment on the original thread title: It's bizarre to see politicians saying We should have been told about the nuke suspected to be in NYC! The smuggling of a nuke into D.C., the missing suitcase/demolition nukes, all that stuff, was a