as effective as he hopes, because civilians know what to do, maybe he won t use them. a lot of your actions in a chemical attack are counterintuitive, almost the opposite for what you would do for a conventional artillery attack. there are really three key things you have to do. first of all, don t go underground, or if you are underground, come above ground because the gas generally is heavier than air, sinks underground and in syria it killed people underground. or as they streamed above ground, they were easy pickings for snipers or captured. so you get to higher ground. also always be aware of where the wind is blowing. this stuff blows away on the wind pretty easily. so simple things with chlorine, we tell people to hold their breath and run across the wind for 30 seconds, and then you are out on what we call the downwind hazard, the danger area. the third thing is decontaminate as quickly as you can,
since underground and in syria, it killed people underground. 0r, since underground and in syria, it killed people underground. or, as they streamed above ground, they were easy pickings for snipers, or captured. so you get to higher ground. you also, always be aware where the wind is going because this stuff blows away on the wind pretty easily. simple things with chlorine, we tell people to hold their breath and run across a wind for 30 seconds, and then you are out of the downwind hazard, the danger area. and thirdly, decontaminate as quickly as you can. that might mean taking your clothes off. that might seem an odd thing to do, but you can remove 90% of contamination by doing that, or having a shower. chemical munitions, those things that deliver it like artillery shells or mortars, they don t explode or they don t do a big bang, they do a pop so that is an indication. we are trying to get some stuff into ukraine, where people can have simple detectors so
are to do, that actually, if he does use these dreadful weapons, many people will actually survive. i have to ask, without pre empting your book too much, what is the solution? what is the advice what should civilians do? there are three key things that you have to do. first of all, don t go underground. or, if you are underground, come above ground. the gas generally sinks underground, and in syria, it killed people underground. or, as they streamed above ground, they were easy pickings for snipers, or captured. so, get to higher ground. also, always be aware where the wind is going because this stuff blows away on the wind pretty easily. simple things with chlorine we tell people to hold their breath and run across a wind for 30 seconds, and then you are out of the downwind hazard, the danger area. and thirdly, decontaminate as quickly as you can. that might mean taking your clothes off.