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The Department of Homeland Security relied on a rushed, flawed study to justify its decision to locate a $700 million research facility for highly infectious pathogens in a tornado-prone section of Kansas, according to a government report.
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DHS Building Infectious Disease Research Facility in Tornado Alley
News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:46 AM EDT
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Selecting a spot for the lab has been rife with political battling and vigorous lobbying from five states that were finalists.
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#1 - Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:51 AM EDT{"commentId":8483173,"authorDomain":"ghostrider969"}
{"commentId":8483801,"authorDomain":"bazards"}
It's against international law to create new ones.
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{"commentId":8481866,"authorDomain":"economicparty"}
And the Johnson Space Center is located where? Right in the path of hurricanes. And who was this named after? And what state was he from?
Alas, when all else fails, Blame Bush, right liberals?
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#2 - Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:23 AM EDT{"commentId":8482116,"authorDomain":"bazards"}
The closer to the equator you can launch a rocket, the cheaper it costs to launch it. The facility had to be located on the east coast of the US so rockets could lunch over the water. That way if something happens to the rocket it comes down over water. Launching east lets you take advantage of the earths rotation, also bringing down launch costs. Locating the facility in FL was the only logical thing to do.
Now mission control was only built in Houston because it was LBJ's home state.
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And if you had actually read the article it's not blaming Bush.
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{"commentId":8482644,"authorDomain":"economicparty"}
I never said the article blamed Bush. I just stuck with the party line of the party of hate. Blame Bush is all the party of hate knows how to do somedays.
I said Johnson Space Center. We do not launch rockets from this facility. It is in Houston. This is where the NASA people on computers work and talk to the astronauts.
Gee, I still wonder how it got the name Johnson and built in Houston? Hmmm. You mean politics was involved? Oh the horror of it. I am sure that a democrat would never play politics with any issue. /doublesarc/
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{"commentId":8482779,"authorDomain":"bazards"}
I thought you were talking about both Johnson and Kennedy space centers, I agreed with you on Johnson.
But building Johnson space center for political purposes didn't put the lives of citizens and food supplies at risk.
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{"commentId":8485233,"authorDomain":"isaacs"}
economicparty:
Stop being dense. If a tornado wipes the Johnson Space Center off the face of the earth we just have to rebuild it. If it destroys this DHS research facility it will disperse the infectious agents all over tornado alley. Are you still going to be singing your little song and dance when Rift Valley fever sweeps through your area? They put the last research facility on a remote island for a reason, genius.
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{"commentId":8482004,"authorDomain":"amphoto87"}
who the hell was blaming bush? Let's not stir the pot alright?
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#3 - Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:30 AM EDT{"commentId":8482687,"authorDomain":"economicparty"}
I am just on the party of hate auto pilot. If something goes wrong, blame Bush. It is so much easier to blame him than actually take any responsiblity for oneself. Your party of hate taught me so.
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{"commentId":8487732,"authorDomain":"amphoto87"}
hahahahahahah, oh please. "your party of hate"
you're the only one hating right now, get over it. No one said anything about bush but you. Way to try and start a stupid argument. You and your party of stupid arguments, yeesh!
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i hope this place is built under ground.
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#4 - Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:24 AM EDT{"commentId":8483333,"authorDomain":"MushroomX"}
DHS is a Federal agency, so you must expect with something as dangerous as biohazards, that this facility would be up to date with intense building codes.
So even if a F5 comes around and hits the building, the windows and the building would suffer minimal to minor damage.
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#5 - Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:30 AM EDT{"commentId":8485558,"authorDomain":"kelewanpug-politics"}
Mushroom. These yahoos picked a site in Tornado Alley to begin with, and yet you seem to have faith they will do the right thing and build it to withstand an F5 tornado?
I wish I had your faith in the smartness of government workers, but, I was in the govt once (military) and City Hospital, and I have seen some of the types of people who are in charge.
Definity doesn't inspire much confidence.
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{"commentId":8486517,"authorDomain":"MushroomX"}
The worst I have ever seen a well built structure, was when a tornado hit a city in Texas and the building was twisted a bit. Now you know that during this construction, with such hazardous materials that maybe the lab itself will be underground.
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{"commentId":8483624,"authorDomain":"defex"}
What could possibly go wro
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#6 - Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:42 AM EDT{"commentId":8485581,"authorDomain":"kelewanpug-politics"}
funneeee
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