I thought the same thing.
Makes you wonder if they received some sort of threat.
ARRRR EVil, when have we not received threats from what I can remember, way before the Cuban Missiles problem and onward into today's history.
There is so much going on in the world of diplomacy that until now with wikkileaks we never knew or imagined was happening.
We still do not know who or where the ballistic missile came from off the coast of California, who is giving NK the technology to amp up their Missile program, Pakistan scares the hell out of the Indian government on and on.
Our diplomats know, but, we the citizens will never know about all the close calls we have had.
As an example, the place Sparky works at sends out a free calendar every year with evacuation routs for those that live within a 20+ mile radius of his station. This is not for war, but if Sparky accidentally hits the wrong button at work.
In one section it tells people to say in their homes, in another tells us the bus route stopping areas to gather at outside to get a ride to some kind of shelter.
Seriously now, just who is going to leave their family and drive these buses.?? Who is going to man the evacuation centers and not trying to find family or their kids in school.
If they are 20 miles away at work and the SHTF, are people not going to try to enter the danger zone to pull their family and pets out of the area??
Simple explanation of a very small disaster in the town next door 20+ some years ago.
A fighter jet crashed into a housing project that was about half a mile from huge LPG tank storage. The project had a few apartment homes go up in flames.
Out of the blue, totally unexpected the police and fire department were running their butts off trying to evacuate the entire complex, about 300 apartments and at the same time keep family and friends of the residents from running into the mess --some totally crazed to find their family's.
It was a mad house with the sight seers converging on the area, the Air Force trying to find out what happend. Then 30 near by towns responded to the fire just in case it spread to the tanks that could explode and wipe a few towns off the map.
This was a small cataclysm for the town, now imagine had the fighter jet crashed into the tanks of LPG.
While we worry about some two bit country lobbing a bomb at us knowing we would retaliate and blow them off the face of the earth, we loose sight of our own personal dangers.
Hoover Damn, earth quake or sabotage ruptures, at the same time the quake or sabotage hits the storage areas for spent nuclear waste.
Ice storm blocks off most of our military componds in the Midwest, nothing can get in the air.
The idea is that we can only protect ourselves in life in very limited ways. Arm ourselves against the 2 footed beasts, stock up on food and water just in case of a problem, but, we have to rely on the professionals to get us out of what ever fix we find ourselves----and PRAY.
