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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:46 AM Aug 2012

Israel: Millions Don’t Have Access To Bomb Shelters, Gas Masks, Army Warns

A quarter of the population does not have easy access to a bomb shelter or safe room, even as fears mount of a military engagement with Syria or Iran.

The Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command said many regional authorities are still not prepared to deal with a regional war and millions of people are still without gas masks, Haaretz reported Wednesday.

According to the Home Front Command, only 53 percent of the population has gas masks and only 30% of households have a reinforced safety room. A quarter of the population does not have a bomb shelter in their building or even close by.

The inclusion of a reinforced safe room to provide protection against missile and bomb attacks has been a requirement in all new residential buildings since the 1990s. This replaces the former arrangement of installing bomb shelters beneath buildings or in communal locations.

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/home-front-command-mulls-inadequate-civilian-readiness-for-war/

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Israel: Millions Don’t Have Access To Bomb Shelters, Gas Masks, Army Warns (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2012 OP

then maybe they shouldnt go picking any fights, hmm? NightWatcher Aug 2012 #1

Same here atreides1 Aug 2012 #2

Sweet, so if we can finally cut some of the bullshit defense funding starting Jan 2nd here.. snooper2 Aug 2012 #3

What a mess, zzaapp Aug 2012 #4

surgical masks are no substitute for gas masks BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #5

3 billion and... Yeah Its Spin Aug 2012 #6

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

1. then maybe they shouldnt go picking any fights, hmm?

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:47 AM

Aug 2012

atreides1

(16,093 posts)

2. Same here

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:49 AM

Aug 2012

There is no such thing as Civil Defense in the US anymore...

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

3. Sweet, so if we can finally cut some of the bullshit defense funding starting Jan 2nd here..

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:49 AM

Aug 2012

Those poor poor contractors can go over there to get some more business...

Oh wait, but would Israel then be using the money we give them every year to pay for it, so we are still on the hook?

zzaapp

(531 posts)

4. What a mess,

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:55 AM

Aug 2012

I remember an old Saturday Night skit that I though was funny
and sadly appropriate. One of the cast was playing Henry Kissinger ( I'm no fan) and sitting around an oval table were obviously Diplomats from Israel and the Middle East. The Kissinger character starts mumbling on for what seemed like hours. Pan back to the table and all of the Diplomats are asleep! The Kissinger character then sneaks around the table and one by one he slips a a pen into each one's hand and makes them sign some sort of treaty while they are all asleep !!!
Anyone else remember that one?

BOG PERSON

(2,916 posts)

5. surgical masks are no substitute for gas masks

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:02 PM

Aug 2012

Israelis wear surgical masks during a protest against the presence of refugees in their neighborhoods to symbolize their belief that Africans carry contagious diseases. (Photo: Mya Guarnieri)

Yeah Its Spin

(236 posts)

6. 3 billion and...

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:24 PM

Aug 2012

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