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03-19-03, 11:56 AM
03-17-2003
Paul's Corner
We’re Under Threat
“Paul’s Corner” is the cyber real estate Hack has granted us to recruit and focus help from readers in order to create a direct information conduit between the vast number of educated, intelligent, and patriotically motivated Americans in the private sector, and Gov. Tom Ridge of the Office of Homeland Security (OHS). It’s also Hack’s way of making sure his readers have the kinds of information that will help keep them safe.
“The greatest tragedy is indifference.” —The Red Cross
Today is the 17th of March, and the deadline George W. has set for the Iraqis to disarm and the UN to get behind us in what we’re about to do.
Saddam has announced publicly now, that he will “carry the war across the world wherever there is air, land, or water.” You know... I believe he means it. I also believe we can’t be indifferent to this threat just because he’s made empty threats before. This time we might want to pay attention as Saddam knows his days are numbered and will probably react accordingly.
This week’s focus: We’re Under Threat
Granted, this is the same guy who told us to expect the “Mother of all battles, in ’91, but this is his second go around with us and he may have learned a few more dirty tricks. Among these is hitting our troops with biochemical weapons, but another may well be in taking the war to US soil. In fact, we may have already experienced some biochemical attack probes and tests (see “What Are Your Thoughts” below).
Let’s talk a bit about what to expect, and what to do about it.
First, once we invade Iraq, we can expect Tom Ridge to raise the threat level to “Orange.” In fact, once the invasion does begin, I wouldn’t wait for any official word. I’d suggest considering it raised then, before any official word. The thing you’ll want to do now is look through the archives for our February 10th issue “Nothing Rhymes with Orange,” and our March 10th issue “Red Alert.” These articles discuss what to do during Orange and Red Alerts respectively.
In addition to those lists, we suggest you quietly and calmly do the following:
1. Gas up all your vehicles and don’t let any tank get below ½ full. Also buy a 5-gallon gas container to fill and keep at your house.
2. Stock your pantry a little more than normal and be sure to add non-condensed soups. Their water content will help keep you hydrated, they don’t require water to cook, most are usually balanced meals, and you can eat them without heating if necessary. Keep enough food on hand for 14 days. Forget what everyone says about the “3-day” suggestion.
3. Fill water containers. Use empty two-liter plastic soda bottles and use them to fill any empty spots in your refrigerator and freezer. This will keep everything cold a little longer in the event of a power failure and also adds to your water stores. Have enough water to give each family member a gallon a day, and stock enough for 14 days.
4. Act as if this were heavy cold and flu season and keep your distance from people as much as possible and wash your hands more often.
5. Make sure you have all contact info for each family member. This may sound like a given, but do you have the cell phone number for you kids’ bus driver? How about their teachers? If the school has and emergency evac, where will they take everyone? Do you have your spouse’s boss’ email address? See, there might be lots more info you need to gather.
6. During any alert, keep a radio or tv on all the time for emergency alerts, or make sure you have friends that do and that they’ll call you (and you them) if something happens.
7. Lay a little low the next couple of weeks as far as unnecessary public gathering areas such as theaters, malls, sporting events, etc.
8. More information on emergency preparations for such eventualities as evacuation and quarantine can be found in our issues at: http://www.sftt.org/pc_10072002.html, http://www.sftt.org/pc_10142002.html and http://www.sftt.org/pc_10212002.html.
9. Pass this information to those who need it, but don’t know about this column or this site.
IN THE NEWS AND ON THE WEB:
News:
Iraqi Cleric Urges Muslims to Attack America: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2381415.
Mysterious Pneumonia Strain: http://www.iht.com/articles/89765.html.
Saddam Still Paying Suicide Bombers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2846365.stm.
World’s Nuclear Materials Unprotected: http://www.iht.com/articles/89777.html.
Al Qaeda Networks Always a Threat: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2849611.stm.
Arabs Ineffective in Iraq Disarmament: http://www.iht.com/articles/89726.html.
Saudi Student Tied to Radical Sheiks: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17885-2003Mar12.html.
Dirty Bombs a Real Threat: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030312/ap_on_re_us/nuclear_terrorism_4.
US to use Swiss Bio Technology: http://www.nzz.ch/2003/03/13/english/page-synd1691955.html.
continued.........
Paul's Corner
We’re Under Threat
“Paul’s Corner” is the cyber real estate Hack has granted us to recruit and focus help from readers in order to create a direct information conduit between the vast number of educated, intelligent, and patriotically motivated Americans in the private sector, and Gov. Tom Ridge of the Office of Homeland Security (OHS). It’s also Hack’s way of making sure his readers have the kinds of information that will help keep them safe.
“The greatest tragedy is indifference.” —The Red Cross
Today is the 17th of March, and the deadline George W. has set for the Iraqis to disarm and the UN to get behind us in what we’re about to do.
Saddam has announced publicly now, that he will “carry the war across the world wherever there is air, land, or water.” You know... I believe he means it. I also believe we can’t be indifferent to this threat just because he’s made empty threats before. This time we might want to pay attention as Saddam knows his days are numbered and will probably react accordingly.
This week’s focus: We’re Under Threat
Granted, this is the same guy who told us to expect the “Mother of all battles, in ’91, but this is his second go around with us and he may have learned a few more dirty tricks. Among these is hitting our troops with biochemical weapons, but another may well be in taking the war to US soil. In fact, we may have already experienced some biochemical attack probes and tests (see “What Are Your Thoughts” below).
Let’s talk a bit about what to expect, and what to do about it.
First, once we invade Iraq, we can expect Tom Ridge to raise the threat level to “Orange.” In fact, once the invasion does begin, I wouldn’t wait for any official word. I’d suggest considering it raised then, before any official word. The thing you’ll want to do now is look through the archives for our February 10th issue “Nothing Rhymes with Orange,” and our March 10th issue “Red Alert.” These articles discuss what to do during Orange and Red Alerts respectively.
In addition to those lists, we suggest you quietly and calmly do the following:
1. Gas up all your vehicles and don’t let any tank get below ½ full. Also buy a 5-gallon gas container to fill and keep at your house.
2. Stock your pantry a little more than normal and be sure to add non-condensed soups. Their water content will help keep you hydrated, they don’t require water to cook, most are usually balanced meals, and you can eat them without heating if necessary. Keep enough food on hand for 14 days. Forget what everyone says about the “3-day” suggestion.
3. Fill water containers. Use empty two-liter plastic soda bottles and use them to fill any empty spots in your refrigerator and freezer. This will keep everything cold a little longer in the event of a power failure and also adds to your water stores. Have enough water to give each family member a gallon a day, and stock enough for 14 days.
4. Act as if this were heavy cold and flu season and keep your distance from people as much as possible and wash your hands more often.
5. Make sure you have all contact info for each family member. This may sound like a given, but do you have the cell phone number for you kids’ bus driver? How about their teachers? If the school has and emergency evac, where will they take everyone? Do you have your spouse’s boss’ email address? See, there might be lots more info you need to gather.
6. During any alert, keep a radio or tv on all the time for emergency alerts, or make sure you have friends that do and that they’ll call you (and you them) if something happens.
7. Lay a little low the next couple of weeks as far as unnecessary public gathering areas such as theaters, malls, sporting events, etc.
8. More information on emergency preparations for such eventualities as evacuation and quarantine can be found in our issues at: http://www.sftt.org/pc_10072002.html, http://www.sftt.org/pc_10142002.html and http://www.sftt.org/pc_10212002.html.
9. Pass this information to those who need it, but don’t know about this column or this site.
IN THE NEWS AND ON THE WEB:
News:
Iraqi Cleric Urges Muslims to Attack America: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2381415.
Mysterious Pneumonia Strain: http://www.iht.com/articles/89765.html.
Saddam Still Paying Suicide Bombers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2846365.stm.
World’s Nuclear Materials Unprotected: http://www.iht.com/articles/89777.html.
Al Qaeda Networks Always a Threat: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2849611.stm.
Arabs Ineffective in Iraq Disarmament: http://www.iht.com/articles/89726.html.
Saudi Student Tied to Radical Sheiks: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17885-2003Mar12.html.
Dirty Bombs a Real Threat: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030312/ap_on_re_us/nuclear_terrorism_4.
US to use Swiss Bio Technology: http://www.nzz.ch/2003/03/13/english/page-synd1691955.html.
continued.........