Anybody else waiting for the other shoe to drop?

[telstar1]

Anybody else feel like we're just waiting for another attack similar or worse than 9/11?
I live and work in NYC, so I got a pretty good look at the impact of what happened, but there's not a New Yorker I know that doesn't still look up at every plane that passes overhead and it seems like there's no way that there won't be another attack.

 

[yobarman]

that's just what American needs right now...one more and i think the market will crash and people will REALLY be on edge.

I think if anything else does happen, we nuke the bastards.

 

[Hammer]

I don't think the next attack will be via a plane, I'm sure it will be different.

 

[telstar1]

<< I don't think the next attack will be via a plane, I'm sure it will be different. >>



I agree ... And that's what worries me. NYC has gone back to how it was. Anybody can cross a bridge or pass through a tunnel without any inquiry.
Anybody could bring ANYTHING into the city ... be it a bomb, or a chemical agent to be used for attack.

On top of that, apparently the government has been reluctant to share information with citizens, or even local government officials or police regarding potential threats. In October there was a plausable threat of a 10 kiloton nuclear bomb in NYC. Neither local officials, nor the police nor the FBI nor the citizens of New York City were notified. So if the government is making the choice whether to warn us of potential threats, how secure can we feel?

Some people might say, well why make so many people scared when it might be a false alarm. Let the citizens decide that for themselves.
How would they have felt if the threat had turned out to be genuine? If they had known of a threat on September 11th, would they have told us? Maybe they wouldn't have for fear that it would cause too many people to panic.

On September 11th, people didn't panic ... It was a surprisingly orderly exodus from downtown, and a warning of another potential threat would yield the same results.

 

[LethalWolfe]

<< Let the citizens decide that for themselves.
>>



Does the term "mass hysteria" mean anything to you?


Lethal

 

[JohnnyReb]

It'll be a while. We are alert and have an army in the field. It would be unwise to attack us now. In a year or two, after we again are more concerned with lines than security, maybe.

John

 

[Cerebus451]

<< It was a surprisingly orderly exodus from downtown, and a warning of another potential threat would yield the same results. >>


I think that is a rather large leap of faith. There wasn't a panic on 9/11 because the people were probably too stunned. A warning might result in an orderly exodus, but it only takes 1 to panic, then the panic will spread, and they have to take that into account before releasing information to the public.

 

[CKDragon]

I live right next to a Power Plant in PA which is close enough to Philly to do some radiactive damage. That was the biggest concern around here after 9/11.

A power plant attack, or anything nuclear, is what I'm worried about.

CK

 

[Russ]

I have no doubt that they will try again. I also have no doubt that we'll see another big earthquake in my area at some future date. Does that mean that I'll allow that potential to rule my thoughts and emotions? No more so then the inevitable fact that someday I will die.

Life is to be lived, not in fear, but in anticipation.

Russ, NCNE

 

[BooneRebel]

<< I have no doubt that they will try again. I also have no doubt that we'll see another big earthquake in my area at some future date. Does that mean that I'll allow that potential to rule my thoughts and emotions? No more so then the inevitable fact that someday I will die.

Life is to be lived, not in fear, but in anticipation.

Russ, NCNE >>

 

[telstar1]

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<< It was a surprisingly orderly exodus from downtown, and a warning of another potential threat would yield the same results. >>


I think that is a rather large leap of faith. There wasn't a panic on 9/11 because the people were probably too stunned. A warning might result in an orderly exodus, but it only takes 1 to panic, then the panic will spread, and they have to take that into account before releasing information to the public. >>



So you'd prefer that we sit around like lemmings while the selective few that DO know about the threat move their friends and family quietly out of the target city?