Posted on 01/29/2020 6:17:14 PM PST by DoodleBob
As the world’s eyes turn to South Florida, officials say they are ready for any potential threat to Super Bowl 2020 — from a terrorist attack to a new virus that is spreading rapidly in China.
The state is activating emergency operation centers in Tallahassee and Miami-Dade and Broward counties as a precautionary move, said Jared Moskowitz, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
“We are going to be ready to support potentially anything that may happen,” he said. “The only thing I hope happens is one of those teams has a good game and that’s the end of that and people go home in an orderly fashion.”
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and other state agencies will also have personnel at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, where the big game will be played, he said.
The state is supporting the federal government, which will take the lead in protecting the Super Bowl.
Federal officials say they have not received any specific or credible threats to the Super Bowl
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Additional aircraft, vessels, tactical teams, cybersecurity specialists, bomb technicians and other experts have been deployed in South Florida to guard against threats, officials said.
Authorities have banned drones around the stadium, and officials say they are on guard for human trafficking. Fifty-three drones have already been grounded for flying in no-drone zones, said George L. Piro, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Miami division.
With visitors coming to South Florida from all over the world, public health officials are conducting
enhanced screening at the Miami International Airport for the new coronavirus that has been rapidly spreading in China.
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Ping - perhaps we can have the first NFL/Bring Out Your Dead combine!
“From coronavirus to terrorists, officials say they are ready for any Super Bowl threat...”
Well, except for that little drag queen thingee.
Ping - perhaps we can have the first NFL/Bring Out Your Dead combine!
You probably beat several dozen of us to this Super Bowl suggestion:
“Ping - perhaps we can have the first NFL/Bring Out Your Dead combine!?
I wish they wouldn’t have said that...
“...ready for any Super Bowl threat”
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I tend to get a tad bit nervous when folks kick the shins of the Lord God.
Kind of like with some idiot said, “God Himself couldn’t sink the Titanic.”
What do they have available for a dull and sloppy football game?
My Super Bowl threat is not watching.
The Neeling Felons League is on the same side as the terrorists. Nothing tonworry about on that front.
The half time show could be them defending the crowd from a terrorist meteor.
My Super Bowl threat is not watching.
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How many super bowls have there been?
That’s how many I have not watched.
“We’re from the government, and we’re here to help.”
> As the world’s eyes turn to South Florida... <
Yes. I’m sure farmers in Peru and nomadic herders in Mongolia follow the Super Bowl quite closely.
Looks like being a spectator at the Superbowl is a bad idea. According to some case histories written by Chinese doctors, the infection starts doing damage in the lower respiratory system without any outward symptoms (no runny nose, no cough). It is reportedly very contagious at that time. We might not see the first outbreaks coming and will likely be surprised that they have arrived. Looks like it could be about that time within the next few days, too.
53 so far and you have me beat. I’ve watched quite a few over the years.
This coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, has an incubation period of 10-14 days. Some suspect that it may have an incubation period as long as 3 weeks.
You don’t show symptoms during the incubation period. But the virus can be spread during the incubation period.
So good luck screening out people who are contagious. They won’t know they are sick, and you won’t know. Cheers.
I’ll bet that they are NOT PREPARED for the threat of a visit from Hillary Clinton, Liz Warren, Peter Buttboy, Michael Bloomturd, Uncle Joe Stalin Sanders, or Amy Crowbar.
Nothing can prepare the world from them. They are the new “plague of Locust”, like the ones ravaging East Africa, but they plague the US and the Constitution on a daily basis.
Florida, good luck. If Hillary arrives down your way, send her to Jeffrey Epstein’s house for a tour of the Bill Clinton Room.
In that case, I am like the farmer and herder you mention.
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