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   Published on: 2/13/2003   Last Visited: 2/14/2003

   Jerry Askins, owner of Comfort Guard Air Conditioning and Heating Inc., said homeowners would have to know to shut off the heating or air- conditioning system before attempting to seal off a room.
   
   He said he sees some value in taping windows, doors and vents -- while people could not eliminate the threat of an airborne chemical, they could slow it down with such measures.
   
   "I'd probably do it," he said.
   
   Amzi Gregory, a Vietnam veteran, was checking for duct tape at the Wal-Mart on Broadway in Edmond.
   
   Gregory, who survived being doused with Agent Orange and bouts of paratyphoid, said he was going to take some measures in his home. He had tape and vent filters in his cart.
   
   But while he was concerned about a chemical or biological threat, he said the worst thing the enemy can do to Americans is make them afraid.
   
   "It's the psychological war that gets you," he said. "And they're good at it. They've been doing it a long time."