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To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide guidance and coordination for mass fatality planning, and for other purposes.
SEC. 3. PREPAREDNESS FOR MASS FATALITIES RESULTING FROM A NATURAL DISASTER, ACT OF TERRORISM, OR OTHER MAN-MADE DISASTER.
Originally posted by SimonPeter
reply to post by gladtobehere
An interesting video thats a few years old on youtube might be very interesting to you .
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlvxldSI7V4
This the house bill HR 8791 being presented while being taped during an open session of Congress .
This will make you shake your head .
The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial disasters.[1] It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release.[3] Others estimate 8,000 died within two weeks and another 8,000 or more have since died from gas-related diseases.[4][5] A government affidavit in 2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.[6]
Officials said a bubbling spot was noticed in Pierre Part and DEQ will take samples to determine if it is natural gas (swamp gas).
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
What non-terrorist event could be a man-made mass casualty event? It's ugly, but it's easy.
The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial disasters.[1] It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release.[3] Others estimate 8,000 died within two weeks and another 8,000 or more have since died from gas-related diseases.[4][5] A government affidavit in 2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.[6]
So easy, wikipedia is a source fit for this one. How often can we get that lazy on research and get away with it? Now who put the bug in their ear about major non-terrorist man-made disasters? I mean there have been others..... Texas City, for instance and the Ammonium Nitrate Ship. 2,300 tons of the stuff McVeigh used in Oklahoma City. That was 1947.
I really get uncomfortable when Uncle Sammy gets too creative in his thinking. Uncle isn't generally capable of humor or creativity. So...What do they know that we don't?
Originally posted by gladtobehere
What exactly is a "man-made disaster" thats NOT an act of terrorism?
Originally posted by timetothink
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
Maybe it's a black hole from CERN....that would be a big man made disaster.