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There is no way to prepare for missile attack

Letter to The State editorial board
Cars drive past a highway sign that says “MISSILE ALERT ERROR THERE IS NO THREAT” in Honolulu. The state emergency officials announced human error as cause for a statewide announcement of an incoming missile strike alert that was sent to mobile phones.
Cars drive past a highway sign that says “MISSILE ALERT ERROR THERE IS NO THREAT” in Honolulu. The state emergency officials announced human error as cause for a statewide announcement of an incoming missile strike alert that was sent to mobile phones. Anthony Quintano AP
Columbia, SC

How would James Sanderson have us respond to an incoming missile attack (“Start preparing now for missile attack”)? Hide in basements, underground garages, backyard bunkers? An exercise in delusion.

After an attack, the air, water, soil, buildings, food and, yes, people are poisoned. Survivors will suffer a fate too horrible to imagine. Let us pray for cooler heads to find a peaceful way to avoid destruction beyond anything known before.

Do not be fooled into believing an attack will result in anything less than complete loss of life.

Sandra Kostrzewa

Chapin

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