Comments on: Know your evacuation routes http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Iceberg » Blog Archive » My New Scooter/Evacuation Plan http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-71892 The Iceberg » Blog Archive » My New Scooter/Evacuation Plan Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:53:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-71892 [...] was a little disconcerting when cars would fly past. This one has no trouble keeping up. In fact, should North Korea attack, I now feel one-hundred percent at ease knowing that my new scooter will lead me to [...] [...] was a little disconcerting when cars would fly past. This one has no trouble keeping up. In fact, should North Korea attack, I now feel one-hundred percent at ease knowing that my new scooter will lead me to [...]

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52282 SomeguyinKorea Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:49:48 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52282 AFCHIEF, spoken like a single guy. Don't you know that the sucker would would also have to carry his wife's 160 liters, too? AFCHIEF, spoken like a single guy. Don’t you know that the sucker would would also have to carry his wife’s 160 liters, too?

]]> By: Zonath http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52258 Zonath Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:15:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52258 <blockquote>It was blown on the orders of a ROK General known as Fat Choi, whose panic-driven order left tens of thousands of ROK infantry and all their equipment stranded north of the river, trapped with their backs to it, for the NORKS to round up and liquidate or impress into service in the Inmingun.</blockquote> Maybe he was just following the advice of a long-dead military commander from China: <blockquote>23. Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing they may not achieve. Officers and men alike will put forth their uttermost strength.</blockquote> -- From <i>the Art of War</i>

It was blown on the orders of a ROK General known as Fat Choi, whose panic-driven order left tens of thousands of ROK infantry and all their equipment stranded north of the river, trapped with their backs to it, for the NORKS to round up and liquidate or impress into service in the Inmingun.

Maybe he was just following the advice of a long-dead military commander from China:

23. Throw your soldiers into positions whence there
is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight.
If they will face death, there is nothing they may
not achieve. Officers and men alike will put forth
their uttermost strength.

– From the Art of War

]]> By: AFCHIEF http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52241 AFCHIEF Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52241 The household emergency kit should hold sufficient supplies to sustain household members for up to three weeks. The kit should contain: * food staples (ready-to-eat including high-energy packaged or canned food items) * water - 8 litres/person/day minimum (2 litres drinkable and 6 litres for bathing) The sucker who can carry 160 liters of water (2 for drinking 6 for bathing) in a Back Pack don't need to run. Just take off the backpack and whip the heck out of the entire NK army. The household emergency kit should hold sufficient supplies to sustain household members for up to three weeks. The kit should contain:
* food staples (ready-to-eat including high-energy packaged or canned food items)
* water - 8 litres/person/day minimum (2 litres drinkable and 6 litres for bathing)

The sucker who can carry 160 liters of water (2 for drinking 6 for bathing) in a Back Pack don’t need to run. Just take off the backpack and whip the heck out of the entire NK army.

]]> By: AFCHIEF http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52237 AFCHIEF Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:07:13 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52237 Charles Jenkins has promised to come back and take over as head of the SNU Engoish Department. Charles Jenkins has promised to come back and take over as head of the SNU Engoish Department.

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52180 Sperwer Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:27:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52180 That should have been Fat "Chae", also known as "Fat Boy" -- Maj. Gen Chae Byong-Duk, ROK Chief of Staff. When the bridges were blown, 500-800 persons who were making their way across were killed. That should have been Fat “Chae”, also known as “Fat Boy” — Maj. Gen Chae Byong-Duk, ROK Chief of Staff. When the bridges were blown, 500-800 persons who were making their way across were killed.

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52177 Sperwer Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:03:38 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52177 Re the pic linked by Joshua: How many people know the story? This is the Hanggang Rail Bridge (still there in resurrected form today, also carrying auto traffic I believe). It was blown on the orders of a ROK General known as Fat Choi, whose panic-driven order left tens of thousands of ROK infantry and all their equipment stranded north of the river, trapped with their backs to it, for the NORKS to round up and liquidate or impress into service in the Inmingun. This self-inflicted loss of most of its ((very) relatively) combat-ready brigades pretty much put paid to the ROKA defense of the South and set the stage for the Mingun blitzkrieg to the Naktong River and the near eradication of the South. Re the pic linked by Joshua: How many people know the story? This is the Hanggang Rail Bridge (still there in resurrected form today, also carrying auto traffic I believe). It was blown on the orders of a ROK General known as Fat Choi, whose panic-driven order left tens of thousands of ROK infantry and all their equipment stranded north of the river, trapped with their backs to it, for the NORKS to round up and liquidate or impress into service in the Inmingun. This self-inflicted loss of most of its ((very) relatively) combat-ready brigades pretty much put paid to the ROKA defense of the South and set the stage for the Mingun blitzkrieg to the Naktong River and the near eradication of the South.

]]> By: montclaire http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52158 montclaire Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:45:51 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52158 After the bombs have fallen, people in the rest of the world are going to pore over these posts and conclude: "Remarkably, the expat community in Seoul never believed it was in any real danger." After the bombs have fallen, people in the rest of the world are going to pore over these posts and conclude: “Remarkably, the expat community in Seoul never believed it was in any real danger.”

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52152 SomeguyinKorea Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:06:48 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52152 "As for me, I’ll try fleeing using techniques garnered through many hours playing the Grand Theft Auto franchise, but with camera in hand for the Mother of All Blog Entries. First I’ll pull a taxi ajushi from his car–lord knows I’ve been wanting to do that for years–and hopefully roll his Hyundai south across the Han and just keep going. Otherwise it’s gonna be one helluva swim across." Thanks for the laugh. seouldout, Korean travelers have been known to riot when their flights were delayed (notice how the gates for flights to Korea always seem to be in corner of the airport, away from the others), so I'm not convinced that going to the evacuation points would be a wise decision. “As for me, I’ll try fleeing using techniques garnered through many hours playing the Grand Theft Auto franchise, but with camera in hand for the Mother of All Blog Entries. First I’ll pull a taxi ajushi from his car–lord knows I’ve been wanting to do that for years–and hopefully roll his Hyundai south across the Han and just keep going. Otherwise it’s gonna be one helluva swim across.”

Thanks for the laugh.

seouldout, Korean travelers have been known to riot when their flights were delayed (notice how the gates for flights to Korea always seem to be in corner of the airport, away from the others), so I’m not convinced that going to the evacuation points would be a wise decision.

]]> By: North Korea zone http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52148 North Korea zone Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:40:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/16/know-your-evacuation-routes/#comment-52148 <strong>Latest on NK Nukes...</strong> Various news items concerning the recent nuclear test in North Korea: Chinese banks are restricting cash payments to the DPRK, according to the Chosun Ilbo, and North Korean workers in China are being returned home. Andy Jackson, writing on the...... Latest on NK Nukes…

Various news items concerning the recent nuclear test in North Korea: Chinese banks are restricting cash payments to the DPRK, according to the Chosun Ilbo, and North Korean workers in China are being returned home. Andy Jackson, writing on the……

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