X-Message-Number: 18769
From: "D Pizer" <>
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Subject: More on  Weapons of mass destruction.
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:53:01 -0500

I was surprised to receive several personal replies to my post about weapons
of mass destruction and how to minimize risks.  Many people are concerned
about this.  One knowledgeable friend wrote:

>     The threat is from tactical nuclear weapons (atomic bombs), not
> strategic nuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs).  Strategic nuclear weapons are
> big, highly sophisticated devices that a terrorist would find near
> impossible to acquire or move around.  A terrorist could never build one.
 >     A tactical nuclear weapon might kill approximately 100,000 people if
> detonated downtown in a major city.  To put this in perspective, 10
million
> people live in Southern California.  So only 1% of the population would be
> lost.

We have two problems to think about, damage to research, and damage to
patients that are stored.   In order to attract qualified people to do
research, it seems that it will have to be done in populated areas.  But the
storage of patients can be handled by a few caretakers.  Most caretakers
that I know in cryonic probably would prefer to live in a rural area.

I think the major cryonics organizations should poll their members to see if
the memberships support moving the storage part of cryonics to rural areas
that are not as likely to be targets of weapons of mass destruction.

David Pizer

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