More Terror-Related Terms
Gareth Branwyn
garethb2 at EARTHLINK.NET
Fri Oct 19 17:04:23 UTC 2001
Hammer Teams - Short for "Hazardous Materials Emergency Response" Teams.
These are the emergency squads that are responding to all of the
suspected Anthrax cases.
Powder Jobs - What the Hammer Teams have dubbed the calls they're making
to check out suspicious envelopes and mysterious white substances.
Hospital Surveillance - The monitoring of a city's hospital admissions
to try and catch spikes in reported symptoms that could be the sign of
an Anthrax outbreak.
Executive Escape Chute - A low-altitude parachute now being marketed to
businesspeople who work on the upper floors of high-rise office buildings.
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