Radiation-Proof RV
Correspondent:: "nu-monet v7.0"
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:30:27 -0700
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(Apparently for "ground zero" tourism.)
http://tinyurl.com/3sbwv
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two private U.S. companies
have designs on building the first luxury
recreational vehicle that could withstand
nuclear radiation.
Parliament Coach Corp., a privately held company
in Clearwater, Florida, which converts Prevost
buses into high-end RVs, has partnered with
Homeland Defense Vehicles to offer consumers a
luxury motor coach that can protect occupants
against nuclear radiation from dirty bombs as
well as biological and chemical attacks.
The idea is to offer the option on the pricey
vehicles to consumers worried about terror
attacks, officials for both companies said Tuesday.
"Many people enjoy the RV lifestyle, but we also
live in an era when people have some level of fear
about terrorism," Parliament Chief Executive Harvey
Mitchell said in a statement. "These concerns about
terrorism are linked to states where people with RVs
like to travel."
The vehicles, costing from $1.2 million to $2 million,
will be introduced Wednesday at the Tampa Super RV
Show in Florida.
Parliament takes the Prevost buses, which are like
transit buses without seats, and adds a luxury
interior that sleeps from two to four people, while
also providing such amenities as a satellite navigation
system and plasma televisions.
The RVs run from $1.1 million to $1.9 million,
including a trailer, Parliament said. The filtration
system, which uses positive air pressure, will be an
option costing about $100,000, added Parliament, which
builds 12 high-end RVs a year.
Occupants could live for several days in the custom-
built motor coach, said Daniel Ayres, president and
CEO of Homeland Defense, a privately held company
based in Newton, Texas, which makes mobile medical
and command center vehicles for universities, county
and state governments, and the U.S. Department of
Defense.
Last week, Homeland Defense introduced a similar
filtration system for the luxury version of the Medium
Tactical Vehicle used by the U.S. Army and built by
Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc.
The vehicle, dubbed "Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck," weighs
more than 13,000 pounds, is 10 feet high and 21 feet
long, and has a ground clearance of almost 2 feet.
Homeland Defense hopes to sell 50 of the Bad Boy HMTs
this year at prices as high as $750,000.
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Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:58:36 GMT
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"nu-monet v7.0" wrote:
>(Apparently for "ground zero" tourism.)
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3sbwv
>
>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two private U.S. companies
>have designs on building the first luxury
>recreational vehicle that could withstand
>nuclear radiation.
>
>Parliament Coach Corp., a privately held company
>in Clearwater, Florida, which converts Prevost
>buses into high-end RVs, has partnered with
>Homeland Defense Vehicles to offer consumers a
>luxury motor coach that can protect occupants
>against nuclear radiation from dirty bombs as
>well as biological and chemical attacks.
>
>The idea is to offer the option on the pricey
>vehicles to consumers worried about terror
>attacks, officials for both companies said Tuesday.
>
>"Many people enjoy the RV lifestyle, but we also
>live in an era when people have some level of fear
>about terrorism," Parliament Chief Executive Harvey
>Mitchell said in a statement. "These concerns about
>terrorism are linked to states where people with RVs
>like to travel."
>
>The vehicles, costing from $1.2 million to $2 million,
>will be introduced Wednesday at the Tampa Super RV
>Show in Florida.
>
>Parliament takes the Prevost buses, which are like
>transit buses without seats, and adds a luxury
>interior that sleeps from two to four people, while
>also providing such amenities as a satellite navigation
>system and plasma televisions.
>
>The RVs run from $1.1 million to $1.9 million,
>including a trailer, Parliament said. The filtration
>system, which uses positive air pressure, will be an
>option costing about $100,000, added Parliament, which
>builds 12 high-end RVs a year.
>
>Occupants could live for several days in the custom-
>built motor coach, said Daniel Ayres, president and
>CEO of Homeland Defense, a privately held company
>based in Newton, Texas, which makes mobile medical
>and command center vehicles for universities, county
>and state governments, and the U.S. Department of
>Defense.
>
>Last week, Homeland Defense introduced a similar
>filtration system for the luxury version of the Medium
>Tactical Vehicle used by the U.S. Army and built by
>Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc.
>
>The vehicle, dubbed "Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck," weighs
>more than 13,000 pounds, is 10 feet high and 21 feet
>long, and has a ground clearance of almost 2 feet.
>Homeland Defense hopes to sell 50 of the Bad Boy HMTs
>this year at prices as high as $750,000.
>
I gots to get one of them Bad Boys!
Correspondent:: mshotz@aol.commonkeypo (Rev. Richard Skull)
Date: 13 Jan 2005 22:25:10 GMT
--------
>Apparently for "ground zero" tourism.)
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3sbwv
>
>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two private U.S. companies
>have designs on building the first luxury
>recreational vehicle that could withstand
>nuclear radiation.
>
>Parliament Coach Corp., a privately held company
>in Clearwater, Florida, which converts Prevost
>buses into high-end RVs, has partnered with
>Homeland Defense Vehicles to offer consumers a
>luxury motor coach that can protect occupants
>against nuclear radiation from dirty bombs as
>well as biological and chemical attacks.
>
>The idea is to offer the option on the pricey
>vehicles to consumers worried about terror
>attacks, officials for both companies said Tuesday.
>
>"Many people enjoy the RV lifestyle, but we also
>live in an era when people have some level of fear
>about terrorism," Parliament Chief Executive Harvey
>Mitchell said in a statement. "These concerns about
>terrorism are linked to states where people with RVs
>like to travel."
>
>The vehicles, costing from $1.2 million to $2 million,
>will be introduced Wednesday at the Tampa Super RV
>Show in Florida.
>
>Parliament takes the Prevost buses, which are like
>transit buses without seats, and adds a luxury
>interior that sleeps from two to four people, while
>also providing such amenities as a satellite navigation
>system and plasma televisions.
>
>The RVs run from $1.1 million to $1.9 million,
>including a trailer, Parliament said. The filtration
>system, which uses positive air pressure, will be an
>option costing about $100,000, added Parliament, which
>builds 12 high-end RVs a year.
>
>Occupants could live for several days in the custom-
>built motor coach, said Daniel Ayres, president and
>CEO of Homeland Defense, a privately held company
>based in Newton, Texas, which makes mobile medical
>and command center vehicles for universities, county
>and state governments, and the U.S. Department of
>Defense.
>
>Last week, Homeland Defense introduced a similar
>filtration system for the luxury version of the Medium
>Tactical Vehicle used by the U.S. Army and built by
>Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc.
>
>The vehicle, dubbed "Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck," weighs
>more than 13,000 pounds, is 10 feet high and 21 feet
>long, and has a ground clearance of almost 2 feet.
>Homeland Defense hopes to sell 50 of the Bad Boy HMTs
>this year at prices as high as $750,000.
>
>
HA HA! They will still end up dead sooner or later.
The filters on those system have a limited lifespan. Once their are used up,
someone has to go out and change them.
And if all the mechanics are dead, that means your screwed. You could changed
htem yourself, but Daddy always said that manual labor was for thre lower
class.
Oh where are you going to get the fuel to run it? Does it coem with a gas tank
that can hold enough fuel for 14 to 30 days?
And if you DO manage to drive out of teh contaminated area, the vehicle will it
self be contaminated. So the momnet you step outside you've exposed yourself to
the radiation, germs, nerve gas, etc becuase it will be embedded in the dust
and the pores of the paint. The Air filter on the engine will be so
contaminated you will need a gas mask and protective gear to service it.
Yea, you can drive somewheres where else to die!
MSHOTZ: The Post Post Modern Man
"War hath no Fury like a non-combatants"
Charles E. Montague