Do you have a source for that? The first list I found of USA Vetoes in the UN doesn't list anything relating to condemning Iraqi gas attacks.

I think you're underestimating things. In my worst case scenario this event destroys the power grid for the entire US during the middle of a record heat wave.

1)No, I don't think they would have means of leaving. First, where would they go? There's no power anywhere. People by and large will stay where they think they are safe until desperation drags them out of their homes. The government will also initially tell people to stay calm and stay in their homes.

2)No, there is not enough busing capacity to deal with a mass exodus of every major city in the US. It would be an impossible undertaking during a normal day. There will not be the capacity for it within days of the power grid being destroyed let alone a week afterward. Where would these people go? There's no place for them.

3)No, cities by and large are not prepared for the grid being destroyed. That was the point of the article. There aren't enough generators warehoused right now to do what you're suggesting. The power grid was just destroyed. In every US city.

Even during optimal times a major heat wave can cause hundreds of deaths in large cities in FIRST world nations. Without air conditioning this will be much worse. Modern buildings are not designed to be occupied without working central air. Without an adequate water supply you will not last 3 days. Third world countries suffer just as much. We just don't hear about it.

Regarding gasoline and generators, in a worst case scenario there will be zero refining because the power grid is dead. I'd like to think they'd be brought back online quickly, but how long do you think it will take to get all of them operational again? Days? Weeks? Gasoline supplies will be extremely tight very quickly.

The local government may be able to bring in a few generators to make water flow for a while, but I don't think they'll be able to sustain that across an entire metropolitan area. We don't have enough generators warehoused to supply one city with enough to provide all the basic services. Every city will need them.

Unless this event lasts long enough to fry the entire hemisphere, diesel will have some limited availability(some amounts of it are brought in pre-refined). So yes, some amounts of trucking will be available.

However, there will be enough bottled water to last days. I doubt there is enough warehoused bottled water in the country right now to keep a single major metro area in drinking water for a week. And we're talking about every single one in the US.

Heat stroke kills. Within days there will be no major medical center left with adequate supplies or generator power. So people that would normally survive a heat stroke will die.

I think you're really underestimating the impact of the destruction of the electrical grid of the US and are willfully ignoring the cascade effect that such an event will have.

I'm merely stating that I think tens of thousands of people will die because of lack of AC and water. I'm not estimating the numbers that will die due to fire, starvation and civil unrest. Those numbers will be much higher.

No, worst case is it happens during the middle of a heat wave and tens of thousands die in the big cities because they have no air conditioning, no water and no means of leaving the city.

You're talking about the NIJ testing requirement for level 3 plates. They are required to stop 3 .308 rounds. NIJ certified level 4 plates are required to only stop 1 30-06 Armor Piercing round. This ends up having very strange effects on plate design. It is correct that a level 4 ceramic plate can shatter and become ineffective after stopping only one round.

Other weirdness of the design of plates is the things they will and won't stop. Some level 3 plates will stop the required 3 .308 rounds, but will be penetrated by M193 5.56MM rounds. Others will stop M193 all day long but be penetrated by M855 5.56MM. Some will stop M193 but not M855, and vice versa.

It's strange, but that's how the NIJ testing standards for level 3 and level 4 work currently. There are more than a couple of websites around that do other ad-hoc testing on armor plates and vests to try to do more extensive testing.