Ugh! the reason this is a national emergency is b/c of the VULNERABILITY

[DagmarK]

of an attack of some sort!

Bloomberg telling us that there is no plan to have the NG assist or anything.

That's bullshit. If there is a terror plot that has been in the planning stages, this IS the time to strike..... with bio or chem or anything else if the bad guys have their weapons.

Or, maybe there isn't really a HUGE network of terrorists operating in this country.

Anyway around it.......it's a dangerously vulnerable situation.....that requires PREEMPTIVE protection.

[greyl]

1. Don't be as frightened as the powers that be would have you. nt

[DagmarK]

3. I am not frightened......and no one should be frightened now.....

but an ounce of foresight prevents the need for hindsight!@

[blackcat77]

2. It's not a national emergency

It's a wake up call that we need to fix the system so that one small failure can't trip the breakers so far down the line. We've known about the problem ever since the first great blackout of '65 but I guess they don't want to spend the money to fix it.

Maybe they'll lump this in with the whole "national security" thing and finally get around to solving the problems.

[DagmarK]

4. Hmmm, seems that the outtage IS a major protection thing.......

If one section gets overloaded.......ya gotta shut the breakers off, so to speak,...... Electricity is a pretty wild thing...

[Skittles]

5. WHAT NG????????

THEY ARE ALL OVER THE FREAKING WORLD.

[Generic Other]

6. 10 nuke plants cut off by power outages

I don't know about you, but that makes me nervous.

[Brian Sweat]

8. Why?

[bpilgrim]

7. EXACTLY why the military is being deployed... the BUSH DOCTRINE

rosters come home to roost... the terrorist needant lift a finger and we will fall just like the soviets before us.

peace