Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...put my head down and work on my preparedness.” Gas Masks for the Whole Family ... Including Fluffy..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Hightower Lowdown

Dubya will save us from pollution -- with gas masks; polluters get "greenwashing" awards; the Cardinals pitch St. Louis a screwball.

"...side also has a plan, which is to issue gas masks to everyone...."

April 12, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

Charming, old-fashioned true story of one brave pupper.

"...which ranged from warning his squadron of deadly mustard gas attacks to sniffing out the bodies of wounded doughboys..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lethal Weapon

FBI's use of tear gas questioned at Branch Davidian trial.

"...It was likely the biggest tear gas assault ever seen in America. It was undoubtedly the..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Take Shelter

Is Curtis LaForche slowly going mad or is something apocalyptic about to happen? Michael Shannon stars in this truly unsettling movie.

"...enlarge the family’s storm cellar and outfit it with gas masks and running water. What Nichols excels at in..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Turtles Can Fly

New Iraqi drama by Iranian Kurd Bahman Ghobadi is lyrical and heart-wrenching as it focuses on the children of conflict.

"...barter for cash and weapons, and scavenging for smaller gas masks to fit over their little faces. Into the..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: For What It's Worth

Thoughts on conflict of interest and the staying power of Neil Young

"...sweat and drenched with the lightest swirl of tear gas. We drove around Beacon Hill in Boston. It had..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

In the ongoing trial in Waco, the Branch Davidians’ attorney is arguing that the FBI was too quick to resort to massive weaponry during its siege on the Davidians’ compound, endangering the lives of women and children inside.

"...Add another 300 tons or so of trucks, helicopters, gas masks, tents, generators, and a cargo plane, and the..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Vortex Becomes Safe Haven for Protesters on Sunday as Part of Call for Theatres to #OpenYourLobby

“Police will not be allowed to enter”

"...cool down, recover, and flush their eyes of tear gas and pepper spray during the scheduled Black Austin Rally..."

June 5, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Facial Hair

In the end the mortality rate of bearded vs. non-bearded people is exactly the same

"...so they can get a tight seal on their gas masks. It would seem that throughout history hairless men..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Parlor Game

The family that plays together makes pizza together

"...and boots drink beer in front of men wearing gas masks. Inside, members of local punk bands work behind..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...UT Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the 1984 gas leak at a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Climbing Infections Be Damned, Phase 2 of the "Open Texas" Plan Begins

Greg Abbott hits the gas, tries to outrun virus

"...are all subject to public health protocols (social distancing, masks, hand-washing, etc.) as laid out in numerous checklists on..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two: Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

The path to a Republican presidency

"...with striking truckers, alerts his friends to dig out gas masks and riot helmets from the bottom drawers where..."

April 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Game On

It's all fun and games at this indie developer showcase

"...Arnott came to Game On Austin, he was putting gas masks outfitted with headphones on his willing test subjects...."

Nov. 15, 2013 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

'Work by Robert Levers'

Surreal scenes of security resist inattention in these images by the late artist

"...Armed guards? All of them clad in uniforms and gas masks, barely discernible inside the cloud of toxicity in..."

July 9, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Council Notebook

What's on City Council's agenda?

"...on 118 police patrol cars, decaled T-shirts, over-the-phone language-interpretation services, gas masks and cartridges, tuberculosis case-management software and hardware, roadway..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Council Notebook

What's happening this week in Council chambers?

"...police patrol cars, decaled t-shirts, over-the-phone language interpretation services, gas masks and cartridges, tuberculosis case management software and hardware,..."

Aug. 29, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...headgear. (The next step, I suppose, will be mandatory gas masks to protect us from exhaust.) This doesn't work..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

On Bike Helmets and Car Drivers

"...headgear. (The next step, I suppose, will be mandatory gas masks to protect us from exhaust.) This doesn’t work..."

Aug. 16, 2006 Postmarks

What Lies Beneath

John Cusack talks about putting a human face on Hitler in Max.

"...higher ground, because didn't we just see horses and gas masks six months ago? Didn't we just see 60,000..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Naked City

City Faces Debt, Tax Hikes

"...WTC attacks at $19.5 million -- for everything from gas masks and bomb-sniffing dogs, to new police officers and..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

What if the police threw a riot and nobody came?

"...in full riot gear and armed with truncheons and gas masks. A police helicopter buzzed overhead, its searchlight scanning..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...side, dressed in silver poison control suits, complete with gas masks...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Scanlines

The Crazies

"...they don't know it. The Army shows up in gas masks and pure white germ-proof suits to mop up..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Feature

After a Fashion

How Your Style Avatar sleeps at night

"...Since then, I've been through many kinds of sleep masks. Let's chat, shall we? Forget those floppy little things..."

July 11, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

"...fire trucks, will soon be equipped with special oxygen masks for pets. On May 25, representatives of Austin-based Pets..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature

The Common Law

COVID-19 and Austin – answering your legal questions (part 4)

"...in my neighborhood walk around or ride bikes without masks. Aren’t they required to wear masks?..."

April 24, 2020 Column by Luke Ellis

Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest

Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance

"...small group – many of whom had marched in masks – stayed behind to confront him...."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...10pm, Hotel Vegas Patio Some bands' careers are just a blur, but..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

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