Posted on 02/02/2007 6:32:14 PM PST by Oorang
Thanks for the ping, weegee. I saw the report on TV and I think this reporter did a good job. He was thinking outside the box which is exactly what Atta and his crew did prior to 9/11.
The whole story may seem shocking, but if the terrorists can identify the storage tanks that contain the worst chemicals, they don't need to steal a plane to cause a catastrophic failure. In many cases, the tanks are visible from a public road. They can stop their car, get out with a rocket launcher, and fire a rocket through the tank wall before anyone can react. Even if a police officer comes along at that moment, one terrorist can use a military rifle to hold off the officer while the other fires the rocket launcher. Another way of destroying storage tanks or piping is to cut through the fence at night and come into the plant with explosives. All of these security precautions are based on the idea that the terrorists will want to do something smooth and graceful as if they were movie characters sneaking into and out of an installation without being caught. Real terrorists haven't shown themselves to be that fancy. Instead, they just get in crudely but quickly and do their damage.
Bill
The woman is nothing but a scum sucking lawyer. Last time I checked she was suing Boeing over Sept. 11th.
The hour includes time at the FBO desk to legally rent the aircraft. If you own the aircraft or intend to steal it, then I'm sure you can cut corners. The parties in question already have the intent to break the law and engage in actions that may be suicidal. My intent was to have a safe, fun afternoon flying and return without incident.
Our media has become a handbook for terrorists.
What the terrorists haven't thought of, some jerk in the media will tell them.
Bingo.
Even then we won't be entirely safe. No one can ever be entirely safe. Life is a pretty risky proposition.
but if the terrorists can identify the storage tanks that contain the worst chemicals, they don't need to steal a plane to cause a catastrophic failure
No they don't. A copy of the most recent ERG and a decent elk rifle would be about all it takes.
Another way of destroying storage tanks or piping is to cut through the fence at night and come into the plant with explosives
Or just drive a stolen truck loaded with ANFO into one.
If we only think about defense, we've lost already.
The best defense is a good offense.
L
You are right...it is easy and fun to protect us from the obvious, takes more work and creativity to assume the unknown.
One thing the article does not point out is that the prevailing wind in this part of Texas most of the time is out of the west, south or north and would keep most of a gas release in less populated areas.We do get the occasional east or south easterly breezes but not all that often.
Never has a war or battle been won by being solely defensive.
The key to a decisive victory is becoming offensive, stopping the will of the enemy and oppressing the resurgence of the enemy afterwards.
All of which is counter to the demrats.
These loose lips could quite possibly save hundreds if not thousands of lives.
I live near Hooks, it is as the report indicates. I hope for our sake, security measures are put into place.
As far as the plants south of town, I have often wondered about the lack of security........makes ya wonder!
If you talk about this here in Houston, most people are a bit nervous about the chemical/refineries being struck.
"Is Houston A Sitting Duck For Terrorism? "
Yes, as is every other city in the U.S. And the planet for that matter.
What a bunch of wasted ink.
As of a couple of minutes ago that misspelling was still in the original text. Too many journalists are hired based on political viewpoints and flamboyance rather than intelligence and skill.
If a terrorist actually does pull off one of these media offered paint-by-numbers attacks, I hope that someone will place on the internet a story exposing how easy it is to penetrate the media's security.
Wrong.
Did you think they are not?
More from the south and south south east and that would not carry a gas cloud into downtown Houston. I know, I work outside in a chem plant and monitor the wind socks all day long and very rarely do we get a wind that would carry a cloud downtown. These same meteorologist are the same ones that tell you the sun is shining when you are running for your raincoat.
But there is a heck of a lot of people living north and northwest of the shipchannel, even if it isn't a huge percentage of the overall population. Lots of apartment complexes along I-10, while the C.E. King and Summerwood areas are filling up with subdivisions and Crosby about to boom the way Shadow Creek Ranch has. Alvin is also starting to add more subdivisions, and that growth will stretch pretty much all the way from its south side to 288 once the Grand Parkway is built, just north of the Chocolate Bayou plants. Pasadena, Deer Park, and LaPorte are also filling in, so they are downwind from either Bayport or the Channel nearly all year. Of course distance and dissipation help mitigate threats, but there are real and substantial risks.
the agenda of the media will come to full fruition when they carry ak-47s and shoot at our troops
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