Duct tape sales rise amid terror fears WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Americans have apparently heeded the U.S. government's advice to prepare for terror attacks, emptying hardware store shelves of duct tape. On Tuesday, less than 24 hours after U.S. Fire Administrator David Paulison described a list of useful items, stores in the greater Washington, D.C. area reported a surge in sales of plastic sheeting, duct tape, and other emergency items. These items, Paulison said, can be helpful after a biological, chemical or radiological attack. A Lowe's hardware store in Alexandria, Virginia, said every roll of duct tape has been sold. Another Alexandria Home Depot store reported sales of duct tape tripled overnight. "Everything that was on that newscast, we are selling a lot of it," said Rich Pierce with a Home Depot in the D.C. area. In his advisory, Paulison recommended that households have on hand three days worth of water and food; an emergency supply kit for both home and automobile; radios with extra batteries; and plastic sheeting and duct tape to seal windows and doors
Are we sure it's the US government who is getting people to buy all this duct tape? What about that chick from Joe Millionaire who was in those bondage films? Sarah! I think she is likely the culprit. She's not in France anymore.....
Exactly. When in doubt, make voters afraid....then do something that makes you look like their saviour.
More on the source of the alert status.... Report: U.S. Alarmed by Use of Al Qaeda Bomb Term Feb. 12 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence analysts were alarmed over the mention of a "package" in several intercepted conversations because al Qaeda has used the term in the past as code for bomb material, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Messages from what the newspaper called "suspected terrorists" about delivering "packages" to American soil led officials to raise the country's terror-alert status last week, an official familiar with the new intelligence told the newspaper. After examining other intelligence that they declined to describe, U.S. officials concluded al Qaeda might be planning attacks with "dirty bombs" laced with radiological agents for some time this week, according to the newspaper. The intercepts also mentioned the Arabian peninsula, officials said. One U.S. official told the Journal there was no mention in the intercepted conversations that the attacks might involve chemical weapons or radioactive material, but said intelligence analysts pieced together a theory that those might be involved, based on who was talking and other information he refused to divulge. Specific targets were not mentioned, another official told the newspaper, but there were references to Israel, to hotels and to "the underground," which analysts concluded might mean subway systems. In recent weeks, an official told the newspaper, the U.S. has uncovered more intelligence suggesting cooperation between al Qaeda and Baghdad. Phone calls have been traced between Iraqi security agencies and suspected al Qaeda affiliates, the Journal said, citing the official, who provided no details. Copyright 2003 Reuters News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Reminds me of a great Seinfeld episode: MEL: Excuse me, anyway we were watching you on TV JERRY: You get in the bubble with him? MEL: No. He can see through the bubble. It's plastic. JERRY: Oh, I thought it was like an igloo. MEL: No, it's clear. JERRY: Ah ha. ELAINE: Who has the remote? MEL: He does. ELAINE: The remote goes through the bubble? MEL: Yeah, he's in the bubble with the remote. JERRY: So you have no control over the remote? MEL: No, it's frustrating. ELAINE: Yeah, of course, yeah.
You know what they say: "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together."
here is a link to a .pdf document about the reasons duct tape and plastic sheeting were recommended... could be just more propaganda?? http://emc.ornl.gov/EMC/PDF/TM_2001_154_duct_plastic.pdf you will need adobe acrobat to read this document
preemptive action is the only way to stop this crap...i hate this...i don't want the US to become Israel.
