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Why isn't this on the news yet? Are they trying to prevent panic? I think the public has a right to know this.If I lived in the area I would want to know.All of you that do live around there please take care.

We don't need the news; we've got FreeRepublic! For local information, nothing beats a good scanner radio.

I'm hoping that these aren't the Al-Qaeda version of "Palestinian" homicide bombers.

My scanner has been useless for police/fire frequencies for two years due to agencies switching from conventional analog frequencies to 800-band digital trunking networks. Digital scanners are not yet available (the first Uniden ones are supposed to ship next month) and when they are on the market, they will be very costly ($200-300 plus another couple of hundred for a chip card), and they must be programmed by computer. The days of going down to Radio Shack for a relatively inexpensive scanner are over.