Curious...did DHS raise the threat level last weekend?

Old and In the Way

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Sun Sep-04-05 01:56 AM
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Curious...did DHS raise the threat level last weekend?

Shouldn't a Cat.5 Hurricane barreling up the Gulf of Mexico deserve an increase on the panic meter? I mean, we saw the threat level go up when there was sigtel "chatter" last year. Are potential terrorists with bombs a bigger threat than a real Cat. 5 Hurricane?

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libhill

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Sun Sep-04-05 02:04 AM
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1. Hurricanes don't get votes. The "terrorist" alerts were bogus.

n/t

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Old and In the Way

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Sun Sep-04-05 02:13 AM
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2. FEMA is part of DHS now.

So only terrorists threats that could result in 1/100,000 of Katrina's damage deserve a panic meter?

I guess that makes the whole idea a rather silly concept now. Wonder if they'll retire it?

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