I understand the reason for these alerts...I just don't see the point of them when all we're ever told is "go about your regular routine like normal."
Gee...we could do that without all the hoopla, couldn't we?
Personally, I'd like to see these alerts coupled with blanket notices that every lawful American citizen should be able to pack heat. Then at least we'd have some influence in our fate and wouldn't simply be helpless sheeple waiting for the other shoe to fall.