How prepared are you?
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deltaf

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1,384 posts

285 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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Is a question that people should be asking themselves, due to certain religious fanatics insistance on trying to rule the world.
So, just how prepped up are you, in case of chemical/biological attack?

Speaking purely for myself, at the moment, im stockpiling water. That would be a likely target for a terrorist attack. Poisoning the water supply would be a very easy task for even an incompetent, hence my logic, flawed or otherwise.
Im also storing dehydrated/vacuum packed "k" rations, as these will keep for donkeys, and dont taste too bad either.
If something should happen at least id be half ready.
Im even considering an nbc suit and a new mask(nuts am i?) because at the end of the day, we dont know when and where these loons might strike.

So, enough about my lunacy, how bout yours? Do you think theres even any need for this kind of action?

julianhj

8,867 posts

290 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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If I still lived in London, I'd give it some thought. As it is, I'm probably a bit too provincial to be on Osama's primary target list.

Of course if there were any kind of attack in the UK, I'd be straight down the army surplus store along with everyone else.

I hope we get them before they get us...

ABBTVR

69,336 posts

286 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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julianhj said: I'd be straight down the army surplus store along with everyone else.



And if it's any consolation we should get there quicker, cos we drive TVR's.

Big Al.

Agent006

12,058 posts

292 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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Knowing my luck, i'd probably get hit by a bus on the way back from getting the supplies in.

Cotty

42,147 posts

312 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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I watched on the news last night that Americans are stocking up on water same as you but also plastic sheeting and tank tape (thick tape) to repair windows.

Im not taking any precautions being out in the sticks if you can call Orpington that but in my office in London we have bomb skinned windows, basically makes them like laminate so they dont shatter in a bomb blast. They were put up following the bombings in London a few year ago.

Makes you feel warm and safe going to work

sps

1,306 posts

288 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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One tiny problem with hording water - if they ,whoever they are, get at the water supplies you will have run out of water long before fresh supplies are available in sufficiant quantity!
Get pissed instead.
SPS

deltaf

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1,384 posts

285 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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Rainwater's easy to collect as well!

MoJocvh

16,837 posts

290 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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deltaf said: Rainwater's easy to collect as well!


Anthrax spores in the downpipe??

sadoksevoli

1,232 posts

285 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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Got a cupbaord full of tins, some water and always keep my car topped up with fuel - but that's mainly in case Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister.

tvradict

3,829 posts

302 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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Not done it, but here is my 6 month plan.

Install a generator under my house, and solar panels on the roof to provide heat and power.

Stockpile water in the roof, huge area up there not doing anything, shove some water in there and bingo.

British Forces RATPACKS or any form of Dehydrated food available from the larger supermarkets (Tesco do a good range) army surplus (although they are surplus for a reason ) and outdoor stores such as Blacks/Millets and AS Adventure.

Duck Tape, available from any hardware shop. PVC/Perspex sheeting, may need to go to a specialist place. This is used to seal the windows, not only incase they break but all windows allow in a small amount of air, and if you have uPVC in your living room and kitchen and have gas appliances you will have vents somewhere in the window.

And plenty of Army Gerry Cans with fuel, cos it has to run out sometime.

Plenty of clean clothes, washing machines use lots of water, and you don't want to use your stockpile to wash your underwear.

Think that covers just about everything!

daydreamer

1,409 posts

285 months

Saturday 15th February 2003
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Until the house collapses under the weight of all that water in the roof

DanH

12,287 posts

288 months

Sunday 16th February 2003
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A fast car and a radar detector. Gonna have to outrun the bastards!

Actually, I'm just planning to die. I live near and work at Canary Wharf. Like I have a bloody chance if anything happens.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

283 months

Sunday 16th February 2003
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I shall eat the cats, then make tracks for Iran and live safely in the sun forever......

petepeter

6,438 posts

285 months

Sunday 16th February 2003
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if we had distanced ourselves even slightly from those Dickhead Americans, we NEVER would have been a terrorist target in the first place.

You cannot fight with these people when they are prepared to die for their cause.And there's no point any army jocks getting gung ho and telling us how they are gonna takem all out, because faced with a sucide bomber they really cant do f##k all.

The only way to beat these people is not to give them a reason to hate us.

Blair should use his stupid tiny brain to realise this. Where were the Americans during the IRA years??

If London gets attacked its his fault. Twat.

MoJocvh

16,837 posts

290 months

Sunday 16th February 2003
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petepeter said: if we had distanced ourselves even slightly from those Dickhead Americans, we NEVER would have been a terrorist target in the first place.

You cannot fight with these people when they are prepared to die for their cause.And there's no point any army jocks getting gung ho and telling us how they are gonna takem all out, because faced with a sucide bomber they really cant do f##k all.

The only way to beat these people is not to give them a reason to hate us.

Blair should use his stupid tiny brain to realise this. Where were the Americans during the IRA years??

If London gets attacked its his fault. Twat.


Yeah right that's it, like "they" never hated us anyway.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

283 months

Sunday 16th February 2003
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Whatever we do or don't do, we're still unbelievers in the eyes of these retarded loons.

They're driven to eliminate unbelievers, so we're stuck with it.

Suicide bombers are finite in number. Eventually, they'll make themselves extinct.

What we need to develop is a means of getting them to go pop harmlessly.

Now, if we flood the country with pigs, they might run away. Promise them we'll bury their remains in pigskins.......that'll stuff 'em.

robp

5,815 posts

292 months

Sunday 16th February 2003
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IMHO we are not doing enough. The government will claim they dont want to scare the general public but the risk is staring us in the face. It will only be a matter of time before one of these bastards get through the net and gets away with something.

Our problem is that we cant guess. Who, before sept 11 would have imagined 2 planes being flown into two of the worlds tallest buildings? Not me for sure.

deltaf

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1,384 posts

285 months

Sunday 16th February 2003
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TVR STOP!! DONT STORE IT IN THE LOFT!!
Three big problems with storing water up there, 1) itll bring the roof in.
2) Itll cause the water to ferment cos of the constant heating and cooling(lofts get VERY hot in the daytime).
3)er there is no three...
Water if your gonna store it for any length of time, should be put in a cool dark place so that sunlight cant get to it (causes algae formation) and should have a sterilising tab dropped in before sealing it.
Tins should be turned over occasionaly(once a week or similar) to prevent the contents from settling.
There! I just saved your life geeza!

petepeter

6,438 posts

285 months

Sunday 16th February 2003
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Mojovch,

If you read a little history, and did some research you will realise, "they" never did hate us. The UK was never a target before Afghanistan. We did not have a single Al-Qaeeda sponsored incident at that time. This is because :

We never actively supported Isreal.

The US have and always will.

Now we are supporting the US and indirectly Isreal

we are a real target.....glad we are buddies with America now?????

Dont kid yourself into thinking that this is about ideals and "destroying the West"
Its about America and Isreal. If you love the Americans so much, go and live there.

andymadmak

15,539 posts

298 months

Sunday 16th February 2003
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Petepeter, I don't think I've ever read such a load of over simplistic, revisionist nonsense.
The Israel/Arab thing subject has been done to death on this site. Lots of people here know lots more about it than you clearly do. ( on both sides I might add)
Please get your facts straight, or at least get SOME facts!
I'm not trying to be rude, but the "oooh, it all Israels and Americas fault, if only we had hidden in a hole in the ground we would be safe" is starting to get on my t*ts

Andy 400se