[jerseygirl]

I don't think we would have spent the enormous amount of money to go to orange, if all was based on a few internet ranters.Why is it going down now? Possibly for a couple of reasons. Financial drain on smaller communities and "unlikely" targets. Necessity of conserving resources to spend on "red" and aftermath if the threatened attacks- even a few of them- occur.

[TomInNJ]

"Why is it going down now? Possibly for a couple of reasons. Financial drain on smaller communities and "unlikely" targets. Necessity of conserving resources to spend on "red" and aftermath if the threatened attacks- even a few of them- occur."

And/or necessity to maintain the momentum until election day.