Hermetically sealed body bags...does anyone

[shraby]

have a link to the article concerning the request from the DoD for someone to make them?

[lonestarnot]

1. What DOD doesn't like the smell they've created?

[shraby]

2. These were supposed to be in case of a

large domestic disaster.

[lonestarnot]

3. Oh that's comforting.

[TheMadMonk]

4. Hmmm? Maybe it's not the smell they're trying to keep in.

Tinfoil hat??? Does the DoD anticipate a need to package biologically "hot" bodies?

[MADem]

5. Well, the vinyl ones are what they used to use.....

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/01/31/Worldandnation/Pentagon_stocks_up_on.shtml

And they're saying we need more for the flu that will come and kill us all!!!!

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/idaho/story.asp?ID=139875

http://www.jaspernewsboy.com/news/2006/0712/Front_Page/030.html

[unhappycamper]

6. I question that second article.

<snip>

The 1918 Spanish flu that killed half a million people in the United States travelled from Europe to this country in about six weeks. That was before air flight and mass transportation.

<end snip>

The Spanish flu started outside of Ft. Reilly, KS and was spread by troop and material movements during WW1. It's called the Spanish flu, because the Spain had a free press & reported it first.

"The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History" by John M. Barry is a great read on the subject.