I'm a bit bewildered about how this subject turned in this direction. My response to the original post was that we should take nothing for granted and ask questions at the local level, as that's all we can control. Somehow Republican fear-mongering came in. Just because Cheney said something utterly inexcusable about Kerry doesn't mean that we should adopt a "can't stop it, terrorism is always with us, don't give in" mass denial. (Kerry himself has asked serious questions about shipping containers, rail, nuclear power plants, etc.)
At the St. Paul level, Anne Carrol assured us our schools have the best security they can manage, and I'm comforted to know that plans are in place. When I referred people to the radio documentary, I was not fear-mongering but pointing out that fairly standard processes were not up to the 9/11 emergency. Does every school have a disaster plan - for intruders, for chem/bio contamination, for arson, etc.? Does every building, public or private? These aren't panicky questions, they're no more extreme than knowing how your teenager who's built a nest in the basement will get out in case of fire. In the darkness and swirling smoke of the 2nd tower, people went upstairs to find roof doors locked. They got to stair doors that were locked and had to grope down hallways to find another. There was NO evacuation plan. Having worked for years in a State office, I'm accustomed to routine emergency drills, but many private organizations never lay out the basic plan. If you have an office in a 2-story building, have you thought all this through, minor though it may seem? That was the point of St. Paul and it had nothing to do with worrying about financial buildings in New Jersey or Camp David. Gail O'Hare St. Paul ************************************* _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
