Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 I'm not too worried about. This is the safest place I can be on earth, while remaining in the Northern Hemisphere, I dig South America, but no way my wife is moving to Ciudad del Este, so we go down with the HMS House of Windsor, come what may. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) There would be no escaping a large cobalt device going off. The half-life is pretty much perfect for the job as I've already mentioned. Dig all you like... Edited February 7, 2019 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 9 minutes ago, DogOnPorch said: Maybe. But maybe not. Let's invade... Cobalt devices are well within our ability to create. I'm pro Zionist, God save Natalie Portman. Quote
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, DogOnPorch said: There would be no escaping a large cobalt device going off. The half-life is pretty much perfect for the job as I've already mentioned. Dig all you like... As me ol' pappy used to say, every day is a gift, nobody gets out of life alive, everybody gotta die sometime, son. Quote
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) Or as I like to say, if the strontium-90 don't get me, whiskey and ceegars most surely will. Edited February 7, 2019 by Dougie93 Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 Just now, Dougie93 said: I'm pro Zionist, God save Natalie Portman. They bought the land fair n' square as I've often noted. The Arabs also could buy land from the cash-strapped Sultan...most didn't as they didn't want to pay property taxes and serve in the Ottoman Army. Prudent at the time, I'm sure. 1 minute ago, Dougie93 said: As me ol' pappy used to say, every day is a gift, nobody gets out of life alive, everybody gotta die sometime, son. Global Cobalt-60 contamination would pretty much bring-on the greatest extinction event the planet has ever seen in terms of fauna if not flora, too. That includes the Permian. It would take about 20 million years for the Earth to recover...minus 95% of life. 6 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: Or as I like to say, if the strontium-90 don't get me, whiskey and ceegars most surely will. I do like a good cigar. Strontium-90 wouldn't be created in the massive amounts like Co-60...but it also gets everywhere. The point of Co-60 is that it remains highly radioactive longer than your water & bean supply could possibly last in yea olde bunker. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 I don't plan on building a bunker, any strike to the southwest of me is likely to be massive, even if only a counterforce, there's nowhere to run from the black rain, so I'll just sing my death song when the time comes, same as it ever was. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: I don't plan on building a bunker... Probably a good idea. All that duck & cover stuff was just to make folks feel good...sort of like shooting AAA at German night bombers during the Blitz. They weren't likely to hit a darn thing... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 We don't have kids, and I'm too old to give a shit anymore. Optimistic nihilist; in the grand scheme of things, nothing really matters in the end, so netflix n' chill. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 9 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: We don't have kids, and I'm too old to give a shit anymore. Optimistic nihilist; in the grand scheme of things, nothing really matters in the end, so netflix n' chill. Too many humans, anyways. We're destroying the planet briskly with each billion added. If we can off ourselves w/o the use of nuclear weapons...or VX and its affiliates which is also life ending if used liberally...Earth is looking at about a 5 million year recovery with 30% of life remaining to start over. Hmmmmm.... Perhaps weaponized variola is the eco-friendly way after-all... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 I don't worry about that which is beyond my control. I got a nice piece of land right here, I just take care of what I can. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 15 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: I don't worry about that which is beyond my control. I got a nice piece of land right here, I just take care of what I can. I get that part. Beers are on me. The Soviets did apparently manage to weaponize a hemorrhagic strain of variola (India-1967 strain) in the 1970s-1980s at their germ labs on Vozrozhdeniya Island (now part of the mainland)...that broke a few treaties...(cough). Apparently the remains of this hidden program are still being dealt with. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 A horrible death, yet none the less a quick one. There are worse fates. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 Just now, Dougie93 said: A horrible death, yet none the less a quick one. There are worse fates. Eco-friendly, too. Variola is human vector only*. Your dog and cat live on. *for all the smallpox infected blankets crowd... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 1 minute ago, DogOnPorch said: Eco-friendly, too. Variola is human vector only*. Your dog and cat live on. *for all the smallpox infected blankets crowd... I would never abandon my dogs, you take your dogs with you when you go, otherwise you're condemning them to wander a wilderness of woe, they're hunting dogs, not wild animals. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 Just now, Dougie93 said: I would never abandon my dogs, you take your dogs with you when you go, otherwise you're condemning them to wander a wilderness of woe, they're hunting dogs, not wild animals. The small ones would be toast. The bigger ones would pack. Nature and natural selection would take over at that point. Cats...much closer to the wild than dogs...would quickly adapt if not trapped in the house/apartment. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 I'm a North German Protestant, at the forlorn hope, my dogs go with me, over the river, under the shade of the trees. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 Just now, Dougie93 said: I'm a North German Protestant, at the forlorn hope, my dogs go with me, over the river, under the shade of the trees. In a weaponized smallpox situation, one might not have the chance to think about such things. By my understanding, it worked all too well. Got out a few times by accident with surprising results in terms of how far away it got from the supposed isolated-on-an-island germ lab. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 Like I say, I'm not too worried about it. Not even sure what your point is. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: Like I say, I'm not too worried about it. Not even sure what your point is. If you're gonna off the planet...save the whales, eh? Go Green. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 I don't actually buy hemorrhagic fevers and smallpox as being significant threats. They kill too fast. Influenza is the primary bio threat. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: I don't actually buy hemorrhagic fevers and smallpox as being significant threats. They kill too fast. Influenza is the primary bio threat. Smallpox in its natural form was/is one of the most contagious diseases out there. Weaponized and in its most killer form we can't tell the results if dropped into NYC. Panic would ensue for one. Travel wouldn't be fully restricted for quite some time allowing some out...who knows? They make movies about such things... Flues were also looked at as bio-weapons at said Soviet germ labs. They had a bunch of stuff on the go. Edited February 7, 2019 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Dougie93 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) I don't buy it as a battle tested combat proven weapon. Not in my CONOPs, short of CBRN respirator tactical TOPP as necessary. Edited February 7, 2019 by Dougie93 Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Posted February 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Dougie93 said: I don't buy it as a battle tested combat proven weapon. Not in my CONOPs, short of CBRN respirator tactical TOPP as necessary. Never been used as a weapon. The US gave-up its bio-weapon program, apparently...the Soviets not so much...but they were supposed to have. But, hey...the Wall fell and the Cold War ended... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
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