[ClayinVA]

The government has very detailed plans already written and tested for this. They thought it was going to be bird flu, but this will work the same. Think Martial law and roadblocks manned by troops in MOPP4. the laws are already on the books and I am sure they are being dusted off right now. We are just waiting for the declaration of a national emergency by Obama, that will set this in motion. To give Obama some credit, he may not have a choice, this could be the big one and he has to take some big steps to save the nation. That being said, I think he will screw it up.

[Pete]

The government has very detailed plans already written and tested for this. They thought it was going to be bird flu, but this will work the same. Think Martial law and roadblocks manned by troops in MOPP4. the laws are already on the books and I am sure they are being dusted off right now. We are just waiting for the declaration of a national emergency by Obama, that will set this in motion. To give Obama some credit, he may not have a choice, this could be the big one and he has to take some big steps to save the nation. That being said, I think he will screw it up.

I agree with all of that.

[ChocChipCookie]

Here's something I read on a survival yahoo group:

An acquaintance of mine went to work this morning and got into a conversation with a coworker who told about his weekend. He had gone hunting on a piece of land in Flint, MI, where he is allowed to hunt duck. He came on a clearing and counted 600 brand new black Hummers. He asked the owner what was going on, and the owner said, "Oh, no big deal. The military uses them for training in martial law." Apparently, the owner and the coworker didn't think anything of it. Are we brainwashed, or what?

Let's see. This would be third hand information, and it's hard to imagine 600 Hummers parked out in the wilderness, but you never know. It seems that tension is building all over the world for SOMETHING to happen.