Posted on 03/31/2008 11:53:38 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
BOISE, Idaho, March 31 (UPI) -- Boise, Idaho, ranked by others as the second- best city for jobs and first for adventure, is the 10th most vulnerable to terrorists, a threat analysis suggests.
The threat study, funded by the U.S. Homeland Security Department, placed landlocked Boise at No. 10 on the list of most vulnerable U.S. urban centers, making it the only Western city in the top tier, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
The determination of vulnerability used a mathematical calculation derived from cancer research that takes demographics, natural hazards and infrastructure vulnerability into consideration in determining the rank. Boise is susceptible to forest fires and faces a threat if the Lucky Peak Dam suddenly released the 300,000 acres of water stored behind its 12-mile-long reservoir.
Lt. Col. Tim Marsano of the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security said the ranking "raised some flags" and said he hopes to work with analysts to "further enhance our preparedness."
But Henry Willis of the Rand Corp., a think tank based in California, called the threat analysis "novel" and noted the significant threat of terrorism, as opposed to vulnerability to the consequences of an actual attack, is concentrated in only a few select U.S. cities.
This is floating around the internet? Either it’s a total fake or the terrorists are foaming at the mouth over the list.
"Who wants to be known as El-Khutb the Butcher of the Gene Harris Jazz Festival?" mused one respondent "That will not get my face on any Pentagon playing cards."
They could wipe out the baked potato crop!
Except we probably own more guns per capita than some of the other vulnerable ones.
The wildcard that put us into the top 10 was the fact that if either Arrowrock or Lucky Peak Dam are compromised then it destroys the city.
Plus the Boise State stadium has that beautiful blue turf....
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Irishmen everywhere would be truly saddened.
The good news is that no terrorist on the planet has ever heard of Boise (along with 99% of the rest of the world’s population).
I spent two or three days in Idaho last spring. The folks in Twin Falls were especially nice but some are crazeeee.
Some of them jump off bridges just for the hell of it.
They could wipe out the baked potato crop!
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They grow ‘em pre-baked in Idaho? Who knew?
This didn’t happen when Sumner Pinkham was sheriff.
This didn’t happen when Sumner Pinkham was sheriff.
“Boise? I bet there are more gun-owners per capita in Boise than Seattle, San Fran, New York or Chicago. I’d gladly take my chances there.”
Guns against a broken dam or wildfire? Reminds me of the South Park episode where everybody was advised to duck and cover in case of lava flow.
Who cares about Iowa anyway?
But the income paid in that state is way low.
Global warming ;-)
Cost of living here ain't all that high either, but it's catching up.
Boise, Idaho, not Iowa.
Yeah, I live in Boise. It’s just an old joke. Say you’re from Idaho, and inevitably the response is either “what part of Ohio”, or “what part of Iowa”...
In my younger day I was an Owner Operator and it still irks me that so many Americans have the lousiest geographic knowledge of any people on the face of the earth. I’ve met Japanese visitors who knew more about the USA than Americans on SSI. Just irks me.
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