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| Thread ID: 102332 | 2009-08-15 20:50:00 | US National Guard Prepared For Swine Flu Riots | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 801446 | 2009-08-15 20:50:00 | Sounds kinda strange but the US National Guard is practicing for riots when H1N1 gets here in full strength . PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will be the site of a National Guard riot control drill Thursday morning to prepare in the event of a panic over distribution of serum to treat the swine flu . The school on Route 26 at the Paris-Norway town line has been designated by state officials as a distribution site for the H1N1 flu vaccine . The drill is to prepare for a worst-case scenario should the serum have to be transported from Augusta and people rush to get it . On Thursday morning, four or five National Guard Humvees will travel from Augusta to Paris with vials of fake serum . The National Guardsmen will take on the roles of panicked citizens and military police and practice what they would do, such as using tear gas, in the case of a riot . "This is just a component of moving the stuff from point A to B," said Oxford County Emergency Management Agency Director Scott Parker . The plan will be put into place only if needed, he said . Plans were developed in April to have vials of serum sent from the federal government to Augusta, Parker said . From Augusta, the supplies will be transported to designated distribution centers . During the April conference, concerns were raised about a possible out-of-control rush on the serum, Parker said . Because of that concern, Gov . John Baldacci and Gen . John Libby, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard, agreed that a plan should be devised to quell such a disturbance OK - even I was not aware of a place called Paris in the US . We have Perris and such, but this one got past me in school . I'll check it out later, but it looks like it's in Georgia, USA, which is also a state in old Russia . Same's true with Norway - but maybe they ran out of names and just plagiarized them . I dunnow! Gack! :groan: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 801447 | 2009-08-15 21:37:00 | en.wikipedia.org - can't believe it's been quarter of a century en.wikipedia.org - seems like a fitting place Joe, a bunch of red-necks have been there for years. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 801448 | 2009-08-15 23:14:00 | What would you expect from the lot that had McCarthyism and the likes of Hoover guiding them into the light. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 801449 | 2009-08-16 04:20:00 | To get a better riot they should first hype up the risks of man-bear-pig-flu in the media, announce there is a major shortage of antidote, followed by a lottery for who gets a vial, announce technical difficulties with the lottery and that all the winners are from out of town, and then advise the media the time of transferring it from storage to the distribution point and that no-one should panic because natural immunity is for the greater good. Then they can practice their anti-riot stuff on some really motivated people. | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 801450 | 2009-08-16 04:26:00 | Aha! A student of Current Anthropology. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 801451 | 2009-08-16 06:56:00 | OK - even I was not aware of a place called Paris in the US. You didn't see (or hear the soundtrack from) the movie Paris, Texas (en.wikipedia.org(film))? Very moody music. Ry Cooder's contribution is great. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 801452 | 2009-08-16 07:17:00 | Nah -when that came out I was already too old to watch it - even though I think Cooders playing in "Crossroads" was great. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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