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August 6, 2005

Testing how midtown floats along

The Homeland Security Department will be conducting tests in midtown Manhattan to see how gases disperse, including how they move into and around the subways. There is even an informational web site about the tests (they are part of a three-year series of tests).

It's definitely a good idea, but it is a bit disturbing to hear about at first.

Post Author: csa | 12:03 AM | Link | TrackBacks
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The British Ministry of Defence released radioactive markers and germs in the Tube in the 50s to undertake the same kind of study - wonder why they don't look up the papers in the archive? It can't be that different.

Posted by: Alex at August 9, 2005 10:40 AM
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