[homeschool mama]

Seems to me they'd target the Los Angeles freeway system (one that has a few overpasses one over the other) rather than the LA bridge.

[Southack]

"Seems to me they'd target the Los Angeles freeway system (one that has a few overpasses one over the other) rather than the LA bridge."

Naw, the traffic is so slow that the terrorists could never get to it.

And no one would realize that the roads were closed, either.

< GRIN >

[Dog Gone]

I think that if the terrorists were picking a high-value target on the West Coast, there is really only one choice.

The Golden Gate Bridge.

Nothing else comes close in terms of symbolic value to the country, plus it would cripple traffic there for months, if not years.

But if you want big, ugly, shock value with a tale of motorists plunging to their deaths, that's the target. It would leave as big of a scar on the West Coast as the WTC collapse in Manhattan does for New York.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

Seems to me they'd target the Los Angeles freeway system (one that has a few overpasses one over the other) rather than the LA bridge.

My thoughts, too. Don't assume that this warning has all of the facts absolutely accurate.

[ErnBatavia]

Overpasses...that would do the trick. I live in Santa Clarita and work near the People's Republic of Santa Monica; hence I was one of some 50,000 daily commuters who were totally hosed when the 1994 Northridge quake took down the interchange in the Newhall Pass.

Nothing got in or out, except cops and firemen via helicopter for a few days; that is, unless you wanted to drive 80 miles northeast, 20 south, and then 80 back west.

It sucked. If Achmed does that number, I'm personally gonna get his number. Leaving home at 3am to get 30 miles by 8am really sucks, and somebody's gonna pay if I have to do it again.