When you are within a hairs-thickness of being blown up, it does indeed focus the mind. But in this case, trying to make a direct connection between Saturday's explosion and what might occur in NYC is just too farfetched for me to give serious consideration to. Now you have family and friends who came very close to getting hurt, and if it was me, I'd probably be thinking every plot exposed or speculated on anywhere in the US came out of the 420 E. Lindsey mosque.
Notwithstanding my current lack of belief in a nationwide Islamic conspiracy centered in Norman/OKC, you (the people of Norman and OKC) have your own little group of Jidhadists that need serious attention by the powers that be, including the OU administration. If the wake-up call delivered by Hinrichs on Saturday is not heeded, the house cleaning needed includes state, federal and local LEO agencies, including Homeland Security.
We need a major housecleaning and then some.
A kid who we know that is taking International Studies and spent the summer in the ME (surprised we didn't have WWIII started BTW), told some people that his prof (OU) told them that Norman/OKC is the #2 place in the US for Islamic terrorists because it is favorable for them.
No wonder, we have the keystone cops running around and the FBI office here has always been suspect. Political correctness is alive and well it seems because of the Petroleum Engineering School and the money it brings into OU. Remember the whining going on about lost revenue after they clamped down on student visas after 9-11. They are right back to where they started -- very little attention paid to student visas whether they have expired or not.