[Badfoil]

What struck me as strange.

Last week we had a emergency simulation here in the Seattle/Tacoma area, for IF A DIRTY BOMB goes off.

Call me paranoid, but it raises a red flag for me all over the place.

Why on earth have a emergency simulation, unless you really have a threat-(SPECIFIC).

[jerseygirl]

My son tells me that they are already setting things up in Frederick, Maryland, to handle refugees from attacks on DC/Baltimore.

[judicial meanz]

I saw something strange too, today, in Richmond. I usually dont take notice of things like this because I am too busy and military planes are flying all over Virginia, but this was different.

I was out in the parking lot at work, and two fully loaded F-16's with 4 AAM's under the wings flew over the city and circled back to the north.

Most of the time I see them they fly "slick" without AAM's slung under the wings when they are on training missions.

[texasbluebell]

Last week we had a emergency simulation here in the Seattle/Tacoma area, for IF A DIRTY BOMB goes off.

I have to say this, that a week ago, during one of the usual monthly (or is it weekly now?) alerts that are broadcast on tv (Detroit environs), which I usually only half-hear anyway, the announcer tacked this on -- that the warning would be sounded during a nuclear attack, or some such phrasing.

But the word "nuclear" was definitely in it. I was only half-listening, but that word was there for the first time that I've heard it.