Anthrax found in Florida

[David Honig]

At 03:03 PM 10/5/01 -0700, Tim May wrote:
>On Friday, October 5, 2001, at 02:39 PM, James B. DiGriz wrote:
>> Still don't feel the need for a gas mask.
>>
>
>Nor should you. They won't work for the obvious reasons, oft-discussed.
>

They can be useful.  Sarin, being volitile (gone in half an hour) mostly
causes injury via inhalation.  VX, being nonvolitile (2 weeks), causes
injury mostly by contact.  

The Israelis *also* sealed a room, and would sit in
that room with masks on.  Since buildings exchange gasses slowly with
the outside, they could survive a cloud that dissipates.  

YMMV.