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Examining New York's Bioresearch Laboratory

Posted by michael on from the also-a-michael-crichton-novel dept.

Evangelion quotes from a NY Press story about Plum Island: "'Located just two miles off the tip of Long Island and six miles from the Connecticut coastline, Plum Island is home to a Bio-Safety Level 4 (BSL-4) research facility... During the fifth month of [an Engineer's] strike, a three-hour power outage renewed public interest in the island... Without power, the air filtration systems are inoperable. Without power, decontamination procedures break down. Without power, the seals in the pressurized airlock doors start to deflate. According to one report, workers were desperately sealing the doors with duct tape...'"

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  1. Go Duct Tape by ePhil_One · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there no end to its miracle powers?

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    1. Re:Go Duct Tape by JosKarith · · Score: 2, Funny

      Everyone knows Duct Tape is the Force in handy little rolls - it has a Light side, it has a Dark side and it hold the universe together.
      Jos

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    2. Re:Go Duct Tape by eclectus · · Score: 2, Funny

      The difference between duct tape & the Force is that 'May the Force be with you' sounds a lot better than 'may you be covered in duct tape'.

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    3. Re:Go Duct Tape by operagost · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm sure there's a fetish site on the web for that.

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  2. Tsk, tsk, tsk. by rafael_es_son · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, looks like Dr. Lecter won't get his vacation RSN.

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    1. Re:Tsk, tsk, tsk. by Tackhead · · Score: 3, Funny
      > Well, looks like Dr. Lecter won't get his vacation RSN.

      It puts the fucking Ebola in the pressure-contained work area!

  3. Sounds Familiar by bfg9000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Plum Island is home to a Bio-Safety Level 4 (BSL-4) research facility... a three-hour power outage... the air filtration systems are inoperable.. decontamination procedures break down... the seals in the pressurized airlock doors start to deflate... workers were desperately sealing the doors with duct tape...

    Plum Island, Raccoon City... either way, I'm duct taping my windows and kneeling under my desk as per the Umbrella Group's safety instructions.

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  4. Re:backup gens? by evilad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah yes, this confused me at first as well. Then the answer hit me: YOU CAN'T READ.

  5. REsident Evil by DarthTeufel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Resident Evil : New York City. The new reality based TV show from Fox will follow 12 mutants around as they infect our nation with a virus that was created to destroy only Al Quada operatives. Unfortunately, a beta version of the drug got released, and we got a hit series. Who will be transformed first? Will it be the janitor or perhaps the comic relief ex rapper who always gets killed. Tune in and watch.

  6. What are you worried about? by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not like it was a Level 5 research facility which would be one worse than a Level 4 research facil ...what do you mean the numbering stops at 4? There is no such thing as a Level 5 research facility? Oh, that's different. In that case, I think we should panic right about now.

    1. Re:What are you worried about? by meringuoid · · Score: 4, Funny
      It's not like it was a Level 5 research facility which would be one worse than a Level 4 research facil ...what do you mean the numbering stops at 4?

      Is this the Spinal Tap approach to biohazard classification?

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  7. Duct tape by stateofmind · · Score: 2, Funny

    According to one report, workers were desperately sealing the doors with duct tape...

    I'm looking through the The Jumbo Duct Tape Book on Amazon right now, and don't see any section on using duct tape to seal off biohazard doors... maybe they are saving that for the second edition. Duct Tape: 101 Nuclear and Biochemical Warfare Uses!

    Josh

  8. Here's the offer by burgburgburg · · Score: 2, Funny
    CLARICE
    Best of all, though - one week a year you'd get to leave the hospital and go here.
    (points to a map)
    Plum Island. Every afternoon of that week you can walk on the beach or swim in the ocean for up to one hour. Under SWAT team surveillance, of course...

    DR. LECHTER
    "Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center." Sounds charming.

    CLARICE
    That's just part of the island. It has a very nice beach. Terns nest there.

  9. Re:Yet another example... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, slave labour is the most secure.

  10. The Umbrella Group, and it's parent company, ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 2, Funny
    Canopy are working for the protection of humanity through their efforts with SCO to ensure IP property rights, whether they be for Operating Systems or for the T-Virus. How dangerous a world would this be if open-source virus creation was freely allowed? Virus creation must be restricted to responsible, for-profit organizations that will use and allocate these resources in a consitent manner.

    Oh, and even one scratch from the zombies and you'll become one too, so watch out.

  11. Re:credible dope smokers? by oblivionboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    In canada this is actually a *sign* of credibilty. :)

  12. Re:BSL-4 labs by Cloud+9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would you rather it was operational?

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  13. Re:Scary.. by Lucidwray · · Score: 2, Funny

    Boy no kidding.. Its kinda sad when my web site of family photos has more powerbackup than a Bio-Safety Level 4 (BSL-4) research facility.

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