Homeland Security seeking machine to shrinkwrap bodies en masse

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OLYMPIA, Wash. Feb 18, 2005 — In the case of a natural disaster or terrorist attack, some emergency officials in Western Washington plan to be prepared with a large, shrink wrap machine.

The Thurston County Coroner's Office recently won approval to purchase a machine able to shrink-wrap human remains. The process would make it easier to transport a large number of bodies.

After the bodies have been autopsied and identified, they would be zipped into body bags, placed on a plywood trays and covered with cardboard lids.
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The trays would then be pushed through the machine and come out in shrink-wrapped packages. The wrapped bodies would be easier to carry than body bags and less disturbing for workers, county Coroner Judy Arnold recently told The Olympian newspaper.

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The coroner's office has already started a bidding process to find a company to build the machine. A Homeland Security grant will pay for the machine, which will cost an estimated $50,000.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=514058

[teryang]

1. The bodies would be less disturbing to workers

Says who?

[HeeBGBz]

11. That would disturb the hell out of me

Like seeing wrapped in a giant spider web in some B sci-fi flick.

How disturbing would it be to unwrap???

[Jamastiene]

2. What the ever loving

fuck are they NOT TELLING US? Or are the weed's poll numbers slipping again?

[w13rd0]

3. Packaged like food...

...oh, that fills me with confidence...

[Jamastiene]

4. And there is another thread about

UFO's at the same time.

A. I wonder what intergalactic dignitary Bush pissed off
2. I wonder what intergalactic dignitary is coming to visit and why they need humans in wrappers like that.
C. I wonder if we'll be nuked, baked, broiled, roasted, fried, boiled, steamed or chopped up and raw.
and last but not least
why are these right wing lunatics so fucking morbid and paranoid and outta control with their mind fuck terrorism psychological warfare on us.

We need to reign these sick mf'er in and give them a reality check. If they'd quit it with their territorial pissing, maybe the terrorists would quit is with their territorial pissing. I mean, they are ruining the furniture with all their shenanigans. <rolling up newspaper> Well, they ARE the ones who believe in corporal punishment and capital punishment. I'll swat them with the paper and makes sure I spell the word punishment with a capital letter P. :P

[K-W]

5. Nothing, terrorism is just an excuse for pork and pandering.

Politicians can spend spend spend and be tough on terrorism without ever bothering to think the issue over. Who cares if your city would never ever be targetted, your congressman bags you security money becaues he has pull and your local and state politicians get big publicity for keeping you safe from terrorists.

[Jamastiene]

6. Sounds familiar

If I am not mistaken they've been doing this for way too long now. We should put a stop to this before they dig us into a hole so large...They've already done that too. We ARE fucked.

[izzie]

7. I got up to early I thought I read they were testing to do this

shrink-wrap dead people.

[rodeodance]

8. from a publlic health standpoint it has merit--the tsusami disaster

suggests that this sort of technology has a positive role. It does take me back though.

[parasim]

9. Oh, so THAT's why...

...they wanted us all to have plastic sheeting and duct tape around the house. They didn't want to shell out for the shrink-wrap machines!

[KitchenWitch]

10. Cripes, now that makes me ill

Crematoria anyone?

[Gin]

12. Soon to be on sale at QVC...on easy pay.....

shrink wrap is clear....body bags are black....how is that easier on the employees?

Beam me up Scotty!

[global1]

13. Could Soylent Green Be That Far Behind? n/t

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14. kick for the laff impaired

:kick: