crying wolf
Oct. 18th, 2005 11:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonI found out about the tunnel closings earlier today from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
danicia's LJ. Seems it was another alleged terrorist threat, which again, turned out to be nothing (and am I the only one having problems getting to domestic links of this story? I pulled this one from The Australian :P)
It seems like since 2001 we've had quite a few local "scares" that didn't pan out - strange powders found in Metro stations that turn out to be dishwashing soap, tularemia that could be native, not planted, and more orange alerts than I care to count. Though the first time it happened my eyebrows raised a bit, I frankly don't pay attention to the "Report Suspicious Behavior" displays over the Beltway anymore.
Still, my own complacency probably should bother me, because it's likely that something will happen again, at some point, but my inner cynic just doesn't believe the hype.
Local folks: do you or anyone you know actually pay attention to these alerts - apart from when they might affect your commute?
Non-local folks: does the DC/Baltimore metro area really seem much scarier since 9/11?
danicia's LJ. Seems it was another alleged terrorist threat, which again, turned out to be nothing (and am I the only one having problems getting to domestic links of this story? I pulled this one from The Australian :P)It seems like since 2001 we've had quite a few local "scares" that didn't pan out - strange powders found in Metro stations that turn out to be dishwashing soap, tularemia that could be native, not planted, and more orange alerts than I care to count. Though the first time it happened my eyebrows raised a bit, I frankly don't pay attention to the "Report Suspicious Behavior" displays over the Beltway anymore.
Still, my own complacency probably should bother me, because it's likely that something will happen again, at some point, but my inner cynic just doesn't believe the hype.
Local folks: do you or anyone you know actually pay attention to these alerts - apart from when they might affect your commute?
Non-local folks: does the DC/Baltimore metro area really seem much scarier since 9/11?
