Is it time to get out the duct tape and plastic sheeting yet? Or is that for a

[shraby]

different emergency?

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Yes! What color is the threat level? I seem to have missed that...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Republicon Red. . . . nt

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Gotcha!

I think I knew already. My heart starts racing and my stomach wrenches every time I watch the news.

[Blue Owl]

12. Also known as Russia Red these days

n/t

[trusty elf]

6. dot, dot, dot

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Oh, Good Grief!

Plastic Jesus will protect you?? AND He needs batteries?? Makes almost as much sense as those ads I've seen where people experience "miracles" after sending for bottles of "special" water!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. plastic Jesus

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Brilliant actor! Thanks!

[struggle4progress]

16. The Goldcoast Singers

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. now that requires a response :)

(Might be more fitting in the thread about the 11 y.o. getting arrested for not standing to pledge allegiance to the flag).

[LeftInTX]

18. New and improved!!!

[hunter]

4. Please. Let's not speculate about Trump's sex life...

[rampartc]

5. maybe that is for a real emergency?

strange as this may sound the duct tape and plastic sheeting was survuval advice a generation ago.

the advice for my generation was "crawl under your desk."

equally effective.

[shraby]

9. That was gw bush directive.

[rampartc]

10. babies born in 2002 will vote in the next election

and are having babies of their own.

the "war on terror" has gone on for a generation.

[Igel]

13. It was in case of something like

a radiological bomb or gas attack. Something with an airborne toxic component, but one that would settle to the ground reasonably quickly or get blown away.

Then the only risk if you're inside is what gets inside. So plastic sheeting and duct tapes to cover windows or other gaps and keep the stuff out.

And it is standard advice if there's that kind of attack. (It's not good for, say, nuclear blasts or bullets, but unless you read the context it was easy to take it out of context. Few reporters wanted to read the context, so they didn't; then they reported the advice without any context, or, worse, with the wrong context.)

[DFW]

7. It's THIS kind of emergency:

[TEB]

11. Keep up the good work

Your inspirational