Great...they've announced that bin Laden may be close to having nukes (or the
cheap'n'dirty kind), and warned of another possible attack, just in time for my
trip to a populous and dense East Coast city, centered between New York and DC,
that holds some of the USA's most beloved icons. Granted, my home city is just as
populous, but it is very widely dispersed, has no special claim to strategic
importance, and is, in general, probably not one of the places a terrorist would
think to attack in order to have maximum impact.
I can console
myself, however, by remembering the last time Ridge and co. warned of possible
attacks. That, you may recall, was when they were worried about attacks on bridge
in major California cities, the very weekend we drove out to LA. Nothing happened,
as you may also recall. I hope this will be a repeat.
I do not want
to denigrate the warnings of a possible attack. If these things may happen, I hope
our own government will give us all the information it can, and I do not want to
be flippant about such matters. On the other hand, when you have no idea when or
where, there's not much an individual can do to prepare, so I won't alter my
plans.
On a more cheerful note, today I need to go to the post office
to get the first batch of my cards mailed. Um....I don't want to give anything
away, but to anyone who receives an unexpectedly large envelope from me, don't
worry. I promise there is no fine white powder involved.
And on that
note, I need to go. I want to get to the PO before it gets
crowded.
Today I am thankful for: every possible terrorist
attack that doesn't happen.
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