5 Oct
2001
5 Oct
'01
9:50 p.m.
At 03:03 PM 10/5/01 -0700, Tim May wrote:
On Friday, October 5, 2001, at 02:39 PM, James B. DiGriz wrote:
Still don't feel the need for a gas mask.
Nor should you. They won't work for the obvious reasons, oft-discussed.
They can be useful. Sarin, being volitile (gone in half an hour) mostly causes injury via inhalation. VX, being nonvolitile (2 weeks), causes injury mostly by contact. The Israelis *also* sealed a room, and would sit in that room with masks on. Since buildings exchange gasses slowly with the outside, they could survive a cloud that dissipates. YMMV.