DUCT TAPE, PLASTIC FLY OFF STORES SHELVES BUYERS SEEK REASSURANCE.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Residents are choosing to err on the side of caution, stocking up on duct tape duct tape n. A usually silver adhesive tape made of cloth mesh coated with a waterproof material, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts. Noun 1. and plastic sheeting to seal their windows in the event of a chemical or biological attack against the U.S. On Feb. 7, the federal government upgraded the nation's terror alert from yellow to orange - the second highest level - and issued a list of items that could be useful in the event of an attack. Since the warning, local hardware stores have been inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with calls asking about the products, and even though some are dubious about the effectiveness of covering their windows with plastic against a terror attack terror attack n → atentado (terrorista) terror attack n → attentato terroristico , the products are flying off the shelves. While the Lowe's and the Valencia Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box reported no increases in their sale of plastic sheeting and duct tape, the Do-It-Center in Valencia and the Canyon Country Home Depot reported brisk sales. In fact, expecting more demand, both stores are stocking up. ``We've noticed about a 10 percent increase in the last week, and we expect it to get bigger,'' said Tony Capitelli, manager of the Do-It-Center. ``As we approach the war, I think it will get more prevalent, and we will have to beef up our inventory.'' Hardware store workers have found themselves put in the position of terror safety experts, responding to customers' questions about which products are the best and whether they believe sealing windows will help in a terror attack. ``I tell people that it's probably not going to help, but a lot of people like the reassurance of having them,'' said Roland Aguilar, a sales representative at the Canyon Country Home Depot. He has noticed a surge in sales of face masks - even though they're intended for use against foul odors Odors anosmia Medicine. the absence of the sense of smell; olfactory anesthesia. Also called anosphrasia. — anosmic, adj. halitosis bad breath; an unpleasant odor emanating from the mouth. such as paint. ``We're telling them it won't work, but they're still buying them,'' Aguilar said. ``It's not necessarily panic, but there are a lot of concerned people.'' Some health experts have argued that sealing doors and windows Doors and Windows is a multimedia disk by the Irish band The Cranberries. Track listing
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