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Sonic 'Lasers' to be Deployed in Hurricane Region

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the can-you-hear-me-now? dept.

MacDork writes "Wired News is running an article about high powered acoustic technology to be deployed in the hurricane Katrina disaster recovery. Apparently, the technology will allow authorities to communicate with others up to a mile away along with providing a non-lethal means of crowd control. No word on additional busses and shelters..."

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  1. Bus Report by toupsie · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No word on additional busses and shelters...


    Geraldo is reporting there are "buses" at the New Orleans Convention Center.

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    Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
  2. Re:Why not just machine gun the refugees? by gad_zuki! · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    >The point is, the current administration can do nothing right, and will always be painted with evil motives, no matter what.

    Funny, I turned off the news for the opposite reasons.

    1. The war in Iraq rages on. Why? Where is the WMD? Where is the outrage?

    2. The Christian Right's talking heads (who are 99% pro-Bush) seem to be the only voices on the news with little to no appropriate secular answer to their insane claims and hate-mongering.

    3. The lack of discourse about why our National Guard is in Iraq and not waiting for events just like these to happen.

    4. How the FEMA head Michael Brown's background is in being a laywer and city councilman. The favor system in Washington hurts when real work is demanded from these types.

    5. How all the cries of "smaller government" also include smaller emergency services.

    Then again you always have Fox news.