Posted on 07/12/2005 8:33:59 PM PDT by ex-Texan
I don't like Noory at all and got in an e-mail spat with him during the run up to the war in Iraq.
Having said that, the gang problem is real and growing. I remember reading right after September 11 that they were recruiting the disenfranchised in the United States. I don't believe they are suicide bombers or capable of a sophisticated attack but then look what a guy like McVeigh did.
I LOVE COAST TO COAST~!
It is so wonderfully mindless~!!! Who can get so upset over silly entertainment show?
At one point I leaned over and asked him about the possibility of small planes carrying WMDs. The man turned white instantly. He only comment to me was, "I cannot comment on your question. I can only say that we are very concerned."
Small nukes, radiological weapons, aerosol chemical and biological weapons might kill as many as a million people in Los Angeles County. All Abu Mohammad Hamza has to do is shave his beard and leave his mustache. When the INS asks him what he is doing today, is reply, "No habla, senior."
Hey. I'm into chupachabras. But Norry can't hold a candle to Bell.
I know a guy who had a pet chupachabra. But it sucked all his goats dry and escaped into the Arizona desert. LOL, LOL, LOL! But I agree with you about Art Bell being the greatest entertainer on late night radio.
Yeah, go ahead an mock. But they DID predict the birth of the legendary two headed parakeet didn't they?
Hmmmmm?
Oh great, now you've done it. They would have never thought of that until you brought it up.
They may not be here, but in 1965, I was "familiarized" with the 155mm nuc round. About 200 lbs, 6 inches by 20.
1 Megaton Surface Blast: Pressure Damage
The fission bomb detonated over Hiroshima had an explosive blast equivalent to 12,500 tons of TNT. A 1 megaton hydrogen bomb, hypothetically detonated on the earth's surface, has about 80 times the blast power of that 1945 explosion.
Radius of destructive circle: 1.7 miles
12 pounds per square inch
At the center lies a crater 200 feet deep and 1000 feet in diameter. The rim of this crater is 1,000 feet wide and is composed of highly radioactive soil and debris. Nothing recognizable remains within about 3,200 feet (0.6 miles) from the center, except, perhaps, the remains of some buildings' foundations. At 1.7 miles, only some of the strongest buildings -- those made of reinforced, poured concrete -- are still standing. Ninety-eight percent of the population in this area are dead.
Radius: 2.7 miles
5 psi
Virtually everything is destroyed between the 12 and 5 psi rings. The walls of typical multi-story buildings, including apartment buildings, have been completely blown out. The bare, structural skeletons of more and more buildings rise above the debris as you approach the 5 psi ring. Single-family residences within this this area have been completely blown away -- only their foundations remain. Fifty percent of the population between the 12 and 5 psi rings are dead. Forty percent are injured.
Radius: 4.7 miles
2 psi
Any single-family residences that have not been completely destroyed are heavily damaged. The windows of office buildings have been blown away, as have some of their walls. The contents of these buildings' upper floors, including the people who were working there, are scattered on the street. A substantial amount of debris clutters the entire area. Five percent of the population between the 5 and 2 psi rings are dead. Forty-five percent are injured.
Radius: 7.4 miles
1 psi
Residences are moderately damaged. Commercial buildings have sustained minimal damage. Twenty-five percent of the population between the 2 and 1 psi rings have been injured, mainly by flying glass and debris. Many others have been injured from thermal radiation -- the heat generated by the blast. The remaining seventy-five percent are unhurt.
NOTE: This information has been drawn mainly from "The Effects of Nuclear War" (Washington: Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, 1979). The zones of destruction described on this page are broad generalizations and do not take into account factors such as weather and geography of the target.
It would be nice if they were that dumb.
Strangelove: I would not rule out the chance to preserve a nucleus of human specimens. It would be quite easy...heh, heh...(He rolls his wheelchair forward into the light) at the bottom of ah...some of our deeper mineshafts. Radioactivity would never penetrate a mine some thousands of feet deep, and in a matter of weeks, sufficient improvements in drilling space could easily be provided.
President: How long would you have to stay down there?
Strangelove: ...I would think that uh, possibly uh...one hundred years...It would not be difficult Mein Fuehrer! Nuclear reactors could, heh...I'm sorry, Mr. President. Nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. Greenhouses could maintain plant life. Animals could be bred and slaughtered. A quick survey would have to be made of all the available mine sites in the country, but I would guess that dwelling space for several hundred thousands of our people could easily be provided.
President: Well, I, I would hate to have to decide...who stays up and...who goes down.
Strangelove: Well, that would not be necessary, Mr. President. It could easily be accomplished with a computer. And a computer could be set and programmed to accept factors from youth, health, sexual fertility, intelligence, and a cross-section of necessary skills. Of course, it would be absolutely vital that our top government and military men be included to foster and impart the required principles of leadership and tradition.
Naturally, they would breed prodigiously, eh? There would be much time, and little to do. Ha, ha. But ah, with the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of say, ten females to each male, I would guess that they could then work their way back to the present Gross National Product within say, twenty years.
"ten females to each male"
Can I come?
Just to tick certain people off......
BUMP!
:)
Hi Gramma,
Are you gonna listen to the Coast2Coast Entertainment show?
I haven't listened to it ever since Art Bell retired for the third time.
It's coming on in a minute...
tu tu tu, tu tu tu tu...
We're on.
Anyone listening?
I'll have it on as background "noise".
SOME of the stuff he talks about is awesome...SOME of it, I turn off.
I don't "do" psychic stuff. No way, shape or form.
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