Day: December 5, 2013

Charles D.–1920-2013

Today will be a short day….my father of 93 years passed on….he went quietly in his sleep after a short bout with the body shutting down…….

A WW2 vet, Korean War vet and a 30 year Air Force  retiree…..he worked for the local PD after retirement and fully retired from all work back in 1990…….he got to accomplish so much travel, family, good retirement….his last days he was surrounded by family and friends.

He was a good father and husband….and a better soul could not be found….

Good-bye Father….Rest In Peace

Make It Dirty!

We have all witnessed or heard all the conspiracy theories about the drug cartels doing this or that…..and we know that DHS is always concerned about the possibility of a dirty bomb being set off in one of this country’s larger cities…..

There is a concern that Russia might be the spot where bad guys could con or bribe someone into getting a sufficient amount of radioactive material to build that dreaded bomb…there is always stories maybe it is an urban legend that there is a sizable amount of radioactive material missing from the US stockpiles…….which ever one of these that you might subscribe to there is other possibilities for the bad guys to acquire the proper amount of radioactive material to build that bomb that we all know is only a matter of time before it happens……and this story is one good possibility……

Newser) – A truck laden with “dangerous” radioactive material used to fight cancer was stolen on Monday near Mexico City, says the International Atomic Energy Agency, per the BBC. “At the time the truck was stolen, the source was properly shielded. However, the source could be extremely dangerous to a person if removed from the shielding, or if it was damaged,” the UN agency says. The truck was carrying cobalt-60, which the IAEA director has warned could be used in a dirty bomb.

The white Volkswagen Worker was ferrying the cobalt-60 between a Tijuana hospital and a radioactive waste storage site when armed men stole it; the theft occurred at a gas station in Tepojaco. Mexican and US officials are on the case, ABC News reports, and the IAEA is offering help. A dirty bomb would cause fewer fatalities than a nuclear bomb, but it could prompt “mass panic, as well as serious economic and environmental consequences.” The IAEA gets more than 100 reports per year regarding similar thefts or illegal use of nuclear and radioactive material, Reuters notes.

A scary thought I know….but let’s be realistic…..it is only a matter of time until some derange douche bag gets his hands on enough material to make that dirty bomb and puts it into play…..

Some thoughts?