[keithtoo]

I hate to say it, but this recommendation from Ridge is as boneheaded as anything the Dim's could come up with.

He may as well have asked us all to go hide under the staircase. Sometimes no news is better than idiotic news.

[Shermy]

Shower time!

[TonyInOhio]

Has anyone bought plastic and tape as mentioned by Tom Ridge. I am sure some hard core Freepers already have it, left over from Y2K. I remember reading stories how the Israelis had all this stuff at the ready.

I keep five rolls on hand. Of course, I need it to hold my car together, so I'm not your "average" consumer of the magic grey stuff.

Tony

[Gamecock]

Real men don't run out to buy duct tape. We already have plenty!

[rface]

The Is-There-A-Run-On-Duct-Tape-Yet?

most of us already have a roll - I got a few rolls, you want me to send you one?

[areafiftyone]

I bought mine - it had little cartoon characters and it doesn't stick to my skin and its totally waterproof! ;-)

[1Old Pro]

Doesn't everyone already have a few rolls of duct tape already on hand? I think I'll use mine to tape hillary's mouth shut after the attack and she wants to blame Bush.

[Poohbah]

Still plenty of duct tape available, but we've run out of tinfoil :o)

[Camachee]

I think Ridge is just doing his bit to stimulate the economy with a little panic buying.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I'm sorry, but only somebody who is completely gay wouldn't have 38 rolls of duct tape in drawers, on shelves, in the garage, in their car trunk (along with a coathanger, screwdriver, hammer and can of WD-40), all open and partially used.

I know for a fact I won't have to buy any......

[samuel_adams_us]

Duct Tape and Plastic could also be used for body bags in the event of a massive disaster but using them to seal your house would be a waste of time.

[The KG9 Kid]

Duct tape is so 20th Century.

It's all about the JB Weld nowadays.

[Snowy]

Just got a couple of rolls from Wal*Borg. My dog chewed a huge roll we had, so we needed to re-supply. I did feel silly though. I didn't see anyone else buying any. I also bought those emergency rain ponchos for 87 cents each. I use them for k-9 search and rescue. I thought that if I did need it for windows, it would work really well.

[waspguy]

For what it's worth - using plastic sheeting and duct tape is pretty standard defense against airborn poison and radiactive dust. From what I've read, using it to create in home shelters is SOP in Israel where they've been worried about this for sometime.

The fallout from a "dirty" bomb is going to be primarily dust laced with plutonium - an alpha particle emitter. Alphas are big and slow and can be stopped with just about anything - but you really don't want them inside you.

The idea of sheeting and tape to seal up a room or two inside the house until the dust cloud disperses makes a lot of sense. I think it's called "shelter in place". You might try searching the Internet for that term.

I'm more concerned that goverment is finally talking about the specifics of the threat. I'm getting increasingly worried. I spent the morning talking to my sister on her cell-phone while she went shopping to pick up some plastic drop cloths and a couple of rolls of duct tape. She has four little kids. (She picked up some extra water jugs and and flashlights as well. If nothing else, we're going to have a great time camping this summer.)

She said no one else was buying anything like that today - but people were sure paying attention to CNN on the TV in the store.

[EnquiringMind]

I plan to purchase the duct tape soon (we have some but need more), and I did notice lots of bottled water being sold at the supermarket today.

[spectre]

I bought a couple of rolls. Waiting for the stores to run out, and auction it off on EBAY! $$$$$$$$$

sw

[suekas]

Hajj ends February 13th.

[CFW]

Here in Georgia, duct tape holds together our cars, plumbing, boots, cracked windows, etc.

Everyone has a few rolls on hand, but I'll stop at the dollar store and pick up a few more rolls.

[MadelineZapeezda]

[hispanarepublicana]

We actually always keep duct tape in stock as 1/2 of the answer to any problem in life (the other half is WD-40):

"If it doesn't move and should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use duct tape!"