>> Today I received a Disaster Preparedness Guide from my place of employment: the USPS. <<
A couple weeks ago, my company handed out an 'Emergency Contact List' which is to be carried on all employees at all times. Another TMer said his place of business did the same thing a week before.
Seems everyone is getting ready for some type of event. More things that make you go, hmmmm.
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
Still no unusual activity here in Reston (that I'm aware of).
News for the Easily Distracted
At 11:36am (ET), Asman broke away from the Peterson/Arafat/Fallujah pattern for a scare about 100 missing propane tanks in Denver that "might" be terror-related. He interviewed Danny Coulson (former FBI asst deputy director), who tried to calm things down, noting that the missing propane is not consumer vapor, but commercial-grade liquid propane & that they may have been stolen for commercial purposes. Asman wouldn't let go of the possible terror connection, wanting to know if "the effort that went into stealing" them didn't indicate this was not a run-of-the-mill robbery. Coulson said no, it would take only a bolt cutter & a few minutess, not a big deal effort. Asman then asked whether there was any "terrorist chatter" about the propane. Coulson again said no [comment: Asman was visibly disappointed that Coulson wouldn't help him hype this story].
http://www.newshounds.us/2004/11/09/news_for_the_easily_distracted.php
I think I recall you mentioning that about the emergency contact list.
The thing that made me go "hmmm" was the money spent on this (It's about 14 pages, color print). And yet this is the same organization that has deservedly received bad publicity for being unwilling to shut down operations during several high profile anthrax/suspicious substance scares due to the fact they didn't want to lose revenue for manhours lost.
RESOURCE LINK:
READY.gov
http://www.ready.gov