The Brunch Table » Survival Guide for “Weapons of Mass Destruction”

2/16/2003

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— Joe @ 4:37 pm

In the hopes of countering some of this duct tape hysteria, here are some hard facts on chemical, biological, and nuclear attacks. (via Boing Boing)

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http://www.fox-gieg.com Nick

…nerve gas attacks on crowded Japanese subway
stations. Given perfect conditions for an attack less
than 10% of the people there were injured (the
injured were better in a few hours)…

That’s not what Haruki Murakami says in his book Underground, a non-fiction account of the attack. According to him, many of the survivors’ pupils are permanently contracted, giving them darkened vision and trouble focusing their eyes. Even hospital workers who handled heavily-exposed victims away from the scene of the crime were sickened, until the government was able to send in specialists in protective gear. It makes me doubt the upbeat tone of the rest of the article…
http://retrovirus.com/vector/ Joe Hughes

Not that I’d expect you to buy anything upbeat regarding potential chem/bio attacks, but this article about Sarin research results supports your assertions somewhat. So, have you duct-taped your windows yet? (BTW, thanks for reminding me to add the Murakami to my reading list.)

.joe.
http://retrovirus.com/vector/ Joe Hughes

The official party line includes some lovely airplane graphics. (via JWZ)
http://retrovirus.com/vector/ Joe Hughes

For more discussion, there’s a Kuro5hin story about the piece, with associated comments.