Keith Antoine wrote:
Washington D.C., not state, and yes, they've closed schools off and on. Yesterday they ended up effectively closing the American Legion Bridge and I-270 as they searched every car. Schools finally reopened in Ashland, Virginia, where the second to last attack took place, Montogomery County, Maryland schools were closed for a brief period (I think, can't quite remember), and all the out-door activities, etc. have been cancelled at pretty much every public school in the greater Washington area + Richmond.On Thursday 24 October 2002 05:18 am, Matthew Carpenter espoused with vigour:Not necessarily, just that some groups are a lot more worthy of concern than others. Hypothetically, lets consider the direct end of that route: US is the only one allowed to have Nuclear weapons. Wrong. Or I suppose you think we ought not to either. Ok, I won't even argue that one. The immediate truth is that we can't get rid of ours... yet. Do you worry about a sniper shooting you when you leave your house? No? Not yet? Why? Because there isn't reason for that concern yet. The situation which surrounds you is slightly different than the situation in DC (at least for the moment and hopefully long-term).
I thought that the people in Washington state would be afraid to leave the house, haven't they closed schools ??
BTW, I live pretty near Washington, and have passed by one of the gas stations at which the shootings ocurred. I still manage to go out of the house when necessary, go to the Home Depot (a different one of these had a shooting), etc. It's really amazing, though how empty the parking lots are, even as far as Winchester (a good 80 miles west of Washington, and no sniper attacks to the west so far).
Bob Raymond
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