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To: unclewest who wrote (20729)	3/6/2002 7:26:02 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

UW... I hope you didn't misunderstand my comments. I'm all for people preparing themselves, and if your book assists in that, that's super. The information has been out there for years. People have only to reach out, find it, obtain it, and read it. Hopefully, your book will place the "need to know" elements in a handy format they can understand. waiting for instructions from authorities will cause many to be unnecessarily overexposed. knowing when to flee is important...knowing which direction to go is just as important. And I'm glad you brought this up, since I was about to make a comment about it in my last post, but felt it would be digressing. The best thing to do in the event of a nuclear blast is to seek cover from the fallout. That means going into your basement, not hitting the road and trying to clear out of the place (depending on how far you are from ground zero). But few people would have the patience or lucidity to remain idly sitting in the the lower levels of their home, or even behind a makeshift shelter comprised of sandbags, cinder blocks... etc, until such a time as the more harmful gamma radiation has decayed (a couple of days). No.. the herd instinct will tell them to run... run... run.. for the suburbs.., to another state... no matter which direction the wind is blowing the fallout. Sometimes it's best to just sit still, and barricade yourself behind the densest objects you have around you. (and sandbags and cinder blocks are excellent). But even in making a shelter, you also have to realize where the greatest threat from radioactive fallout is derived. It's not from the sides, but from above, whereever the fallout has fallen and settled. Btw, good advice on the shoe bomb stuff... Again, people just need to maintain their composure and not panic (which is hard to do when someone is engaging in hysterics next to you.. :) Hawk