Hypothetical Situation - Your reaction & response

TonyB

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Lets say hypothetically.

Wednesday, September 11th, exactly 1 year after the WTC was destroyed. Al-Qaeda terror cells launches a concurrent chemical attack across the United States releasing tons of Sarin and VX nerve gas into the atmosphere over Los Angeles, New York, Chicago. and Philadelphia killing hundreds of millions in a matter of hours.

What would be your reaction and response? And what would you do? grab the family into the car and drive to the mountains or somewhere rural? Do you think the United States government would crumble and the entire country becomes one big state of anarchy because of mass hysteria? And finally, if this were to be true, would other countries finally throw away their anti-american posters, what kind of disaster has to happen for all peace loving nations to consolidate as one to truely rid the world of terrorists? because personally I dont think the WTC incident was enough, I think many people has lost sight of what kind of threat a terrorist organization has to a society.
 

gopunk

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i'd like to see an alien invasion... then even the terrorists would be united with us :p
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: TonyB
Lets say hypothetically.

Wednesday, September 11th, exactly 1 year after the WTC was destroyed. Al-Qaeda terror cells launches a concurrent chemical attack across the United States releasing tons of Sarin and VX nerve gas into the atmosphere over Los Angeles, New York, Chicago. and Philadelphia killing hundreds of millions in a matter of hours.

What would be your reaction and response? And what would you do? grab the family into the car and drive to the mountains or somewhere rural? Do you think the United States government would crumble and the entire country becomes one big state of anarchy because of mass hysteria? And finally, if this were to be true, would other countries finally throw away their anti-american posters, what kind of disaster has to happen for all peace loving nations to consolidate as one to truely rid the world of terrorists? because personally I dont think the WTC incident was enough, I think many people has lost sight of what kind of threat a terrorist organization has to a society.


Since I'm in Portland, I would probably just sit back and watch the chaos, until it threatened me...

Then I would gather up all my survival gear, methanol-burning generator, and 300ml/hour still.. round up friends and family, and head towards Mt. Hood. :D

btw, it would be kinda hard for them to kill "hundreds of millions", considering theres not even 300 million people here... :p