[summer]

Post prayers and messages here for our law-abiding friends in London

[Zack Nguyen]

Is this just a defensive measure, or is it in response to hard intelligence? I suspect the former.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Why is the Mass. governor announcing an elevated alert level for NYC, DC & Atlanta?

[Blood of Tyrants]

No way! Those cities are just chock full of good decent liberals who hate America just as much as the terrorists.

[SoftballMominVA]

My husband and daughter are on their way to a baseball game in D.C. I can't get a hold of my husband (cell phone off!) I hope he changes his mind and comes home.

[Airborne1986]

Update Boston: Substantial police presence in/at downtown subway stations. Otherwise, situation normal/bums sleeping comfortably in Boston Common.

[dawn53]

Do you have a link or source?

[CaptSkip]

Link please?

[Gefreiter]

Threat Level Orange.... let's see, that tells me...roughly...nothing.

[The Red Zone]

Maybe I've been living in a hole but it's the first time I've seen a city-specific alert elevation rather than the whole country.

[cripplecreek]

I saw some A10s overhead this morning. Pretty rare over southern Michigan. They were headed in the direction of Detroit. Likely just patrolling the airspace around the city.

[hispanarepublicana]

Last I heard, Homeland Security was going to see if "increased chatter" or other intelligence in the U.S. mirrored the chatter level and intelligence in England prior to today. There must have been some parallels.

[COBOL2Java]

We've gone to Ernie, let's hope we don't go to Elmo...

[rabidralph]

U.S. State Dept. Call Center for Americans with friends or relatives in London, whether residents or vacationing:

1-888-407-4747

[hispanarepublicana]

All East Coast cities.....hmmmm.

[Black Tooth]

Code Orange in Boston, NYC, DC, Atlanta

Unfortunately, it's still Code Green at our borders.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I expect that the next hit will be big and coordinated.
I don't expect this is that time.

I would figure on them waiting for the elections and for their buds the Chinese to get more prepared.

[peacebaby]

Strange thing I saw on the way to work in Buckhead, Atlanta this morning: A man (possibly middle eastern) on a bike stopping at intersections and taking movie pictures of the buildings top to bottom and the intersections and the surrounding buildings around these intersections. I followed him and watched him take movie pictures of 3 consecutive intersections in Buckhead before calling 911. Then I saw him stop next to a traffic cop and take movie pictures of a major intersection in Buckhead near the interstate that runs through Atlanta city. Strange.

He had blue eyes, too.

[b4its2late]

Possible IED in Washington. Area cleared, bomb squad on the way. That's all I have.

[Jackknife]

I'm in Atlanta. Have heard nothing about raised alert here. I'm monitoring local talk radio, and TV.