Let's add "No specific threat" from the article below to the list that includes:
-"Just kids playing with firecrackers"
-"Just Middle Eastern tourists taking pictures (or videotaping)"
-"Just don't panic because although we don't know what the heck caused [pick one: the fire; the explosion; the accident; the people becoming ill, etc.], we ruled out terrorism"
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NBC11.com
Authorities Seek Man Seen Sketching Transamerica Building
Man Represents No Specific Threat
POSTED: 6:18 PM PDT August 19, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO -- A man seen taking photographs and making sketches of the Transamerica building in downtown San Francisco is wanted for questioning by police and federal agents, according to a recent law enforcement bulletin.
The man is being sought after he was seen conducting "surveillance activity" around the 48-story building at 600 Montgomery St. in the Financial District, according to a San Francisco Police Department bulletin dated Aug. 12.
A grainy image of the man apparently caught on a surveillance camera seems to show him looking upward while writing or drawing in a notebook.
San Francisco police Inspector George Nazzal said the man represented no specific threat.
"It could be anything," he said. "But at this point in time, it's better to check and make sure. He could be an architecture student."
Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security raised the terror alert on the East Coast to orange, its second-highest level.
In announcing the change, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge cited "specific, credible information" about the possibility of a terrorist attack on buildings in the financial sectors of New York City, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
No threats to San Francisco landmarks were mentioned, but federal agents and local law enforcement officers plan to take all precautions.
"The Transamerica building's an icon of the city," Nazzal said. "We've got to treat it as a possible target."
The man seen making sketches outside the building is described as Middle Eastern, about 30 to 35 years old, 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, with no facial hair. He may speak with an accent, according to the bulletin.
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"The man seen making sketches outside the building is described as Middle Eastern, about 30 to 35 years old, 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, with no facial hair. He may speak with an accent, according to the bulletin."
```snorts and giggles```
"-"Just don't panic because although we don't know what the heck caused [pick one: the fire; the explosion; the accident; the people becoming ill, etc.], we ruled out terrorism"
Sad, isn't it.