SNAKES ON A PLANE..let that sink in for a moment SNAKES ON A PLANE. For those of you not in the know a movie Pacific Air Flight 121 renamed Snakes on a Plane has evolved from a action movie to a surreal and absurd piece of Cinema. The whole concept of the film revolves around a Marshal who must escort a Mafia witness to trial but is marked for hit and the method of death is venomous snakes released on the plane.
Now I am a bit of what some call a Doomer. A optimistic doomer, but a doomer sees potential problems and makes preparations to overcome adversity. In this post 9-11 airline environment, how do we cope with Snakes on a Plane? Do we train flight attendants how to dispatch snakes with a garden hoe or would that fall under Homeland Security and the Air Marshals? Can we truly say with 100% that the cockpit is hardened enough to stop a terrorist snake attack?
Most venomous snakes in North America are docile with the exception of the Cottonmouth during mating season and when it sheds its skin. The Rattlesnake often called "The Gentleman's Snake" will give you a courtesy warning of a tail rattle. The Copperhead I would describe as a docile and shy snake that relies on camouflage and a quick retreat before it coils and draws its fangs. The dilemma is that the snakesin this film are not North American snakes. The suitcase in fact is full of Vipers, Mambas, Cobras, Kraits, and Brownies which happen to some of the most deadliest in the world. Have you ever seen the fangs of a gabon viper? Or the speed of a mamba?
Amidst my circle of doomers this week a passionate debate over which is a superior yet practical weapon a bolt action rifle(.30-.06) or a semi automatic rifle(Armalite .223 AR-15). Yet both would be extremely dangerous and cumbersome in a pressurized cabin at 30,000 ft. I think a single shot .410 with rock salt or #8 shot would be more effective. Not very sexy, but more effective.
Will history mark 8/18/06 in the long War on Terror just like 9/11? Oh well.. Snakes on a Plane man, Snakes On A Plane..
Now I am a bit of what some call a Doomer. A optimistic doomer, but a doomer sees potential problems and makes preparations to overcome adversity. In this post 9-11 airline environment, how do we cope with Snakes on a Plane? Do we train flight attendants how to dispatch snakes with a garden hoe or would that fall under Homeland Security and the Air Marshals? Can we truly say with 100% that the cockpit is hardened enough to stop a terrorist snake attack?
Most venomous snakes in North America are docile with the exception of the Cottonmouth during mating season and when it sheds its skin. The Rattlesnake often called "The Gentleman's Snake" will give you a courtesy warning of a tail rattle. The Copperhead I would describe as a docile and shy snake that relies on camouflage and a quick retreat before it coils and draws its fangs. The dilemma is that the snakesin this film are not North American snakes. The suitcase in fact is full of Vipers, Mambas, Cobras, Kraits, and Brownies which happen to some of the most deadliest in the world. Have you ever seen the fangs of a gabon viper? Or the speed of a mamba?
Amidst my circle of doomers this week a passionate debate over which is a superior yet practical weapon a bolt action rifle(.30-.06) or a semi automatic rifle(Armalite .223 AR-15). Yet both would be extremely dangerous and cumbersome in a pressurized cabin at 30,000 ft. I think a single shot .410 with rock salt or #8 shot would be more effective. Not very sexy, but more effective.
Will history mark 8/18/06 in the long War on Terror just like 9/11? Oh well.. Snakes on a Plane man, Snakes On A Plane..
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