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If it smells like rotten eggs, it might be a bombPosted by Eric Mu, July 18, 2008 6:38 PM
Yesterday, the Public Security Ministry released a Citizen's Anti-terrorist Handbook (公民防范恐怖袭击手册) which teaches people how to protect themselves in the event of a terrorist attack. The handbook describes 39 potential terror scenarios including explosion, arson, gunshot, hijacking, bio attack, nuclear attack, and provides safety advice for each scenerio. Below is a translation of some details of the handbook from today's Beijing News. When attempting to identify explosives, citizens should watch, listen, and sniff, but never touch. If the suspicious item smells like rotten eggs, it could be gun powder; if it smells like ammonia, it is possibly Ammonium Nitrate explosives. Links and Sources
There are currently 8 Comments for If it smells like rotten eggs, it might be a bomb.
Comments on If it smells like rotten eggs, it might be a bombBut what should we do if it smells like chou dofu? Wow, the word 坏蛋 gets a whole new & exciting meaning. I have a hard time believing that native Beijingers are bicycling around the capital with a small red anti-terrorist handbook trying to identify explosives. However the kidnapping advice might come in handy for other situations, like if you're a petitioner from outside of the capital and Beijing authorities are trying to forcibly send you back to the provinces... Never heard of gunpowder to smell like rotten eggs, esp these days when most projectile propellants probably use a negligible amount of sulfur. Must be the 5,000yr-old Chinese gunpowder recipe that does that that. Man, the scare mongering running up to "the games" next month is ridiculous... lol... All smallish Chinese provision stores in London smell like rottn eggs.Could they be Al Qaeda bomb fatories?! and if it like a burning-cable, it might be what..? I think all you guys have problem with logic. |
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