Shelters Prepared In Case Of Inaugural Emergency

[Kadie]

Shelters Prepared In Case Of Inaugural Emergency
Emergency Shelters Are Within 200 Miles Of Washington

POSTED: 5:27 pm EST January 18, 2005

BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A school in Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley is one of a number of shelters the American Red Cross is setting up in the event of an emergency at Thursday's presidential inauguration.

It's the first time the Red Cross has taken such extensive precautions for an inauguration.

"We try to plan for any type of emergency that may occur," said Dawn Vitez, with the American Red Cross.

Tuesday was a regular school day at Northern Lebanon High School, but the building is ready to take on an important role should there be some type of disaster at Thursday's presidential inaugural.

"It would be for people who have had to leave their homes suddenly and have nowhere else to go," Vitez said.

more...
http://www.thekcrachannel.com/news/4105466/detail.html

[havocmom]

1. I may start drinking about 6AM Thursday

My heebie-jeebie detectors are off the scale right now

[Gin]

2. I lived in Bethel.....its far from DC...wonder how these needy folks

could get to the shelter.

[mike_c]

6. wow, I lived in Bethel too....

In 1995. I was teacing at Lebanon Valley College in Annville. Damn, I can't remember the route number but the house was right at the base of the mountain that had the Appalachain Trail running along the crest. Mennonite farmers for neighbors. You're right-- that's a long way from DC.

[NYC]

31. Maybe the Red Cross will transport

people by bus. They may have arranged for that.

[zann725]

45. I'm VERY familiar with the area...and it's QUITE far from D.C.

Sounds quite odd to me. But at risk of sounding 'tin-foil,' I'll say no more.

[NYC]

52. Why do you think they didn't try to find a place closer?

Surely, there must have been a closer school they could use. Any thoughts?

[mtnester]

4. I hear you, my nightmares are so bizarre as to be alarming...

usually precludes some type of crisis....now if only one day I could interpret these better in advance.

Nightmares involving lots of numbers usually indicate a bad one coming, whatever it may be.

It must be a girl thing...hard for me to describe in words to anyone who is not of the female gender...with female gender, you explain it with half words and nods.

On edit - MY nightmares that have numbers in them usually preclude bad things...I keep getting 1 2; 1 2 1; 1F

oh well

[Blue Gardener]

8. May be a girl thing

I had the anxiety for several days last week. Couldn't really explain it, just something not quite right.

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

9. sorry but

the approaching storm can "even" be sensed by males. its perhaps not a "female" thingy, its intuition. But i get you and rest assured you are not alone in your odd feeling.

Can't read the numbers but the amount of digits is decreasing. Can't explain but i keep my food stocks high at the moment.

Stay safe protesters i worry for you

[mtnester]

10. EGADS the vibe must be huge if you males are "sensing" it too

:)

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

16. Plain Evil has been set loose

taking the risk to sound cheap; the feeling is in one way feeling like the darkness spreading out of mordor. a faint "odor" could be smelled about a decade ago then bush ** came and the stench got "visible". then 9/11 charged the air.

switching metaphors, it's feeling like the time to "gear up" soon, maybe very soon


probably sound nuts buts it's quite late here.

[mtnester]

18. Not nuts

I mean, when it is about to snow, I can not only feel it, I can smell it and taste it...

same thing right now.

[havocmom]

29. My husband keeps asking for HUGE chocolate bars

and he won't even read the DU news. He is getting heebie jeebies from US Gov workers site, and his intuition

[sffreeways]

26. I'm not one to remember my dreams

or to take the idea of a dream predicting an event very seriously but...I had a dream about a month ago and the message I woke up with was

"the attack happened 906"

That was it I don't remember anything else and it's stayed with me since I had the dream. This has never happened to me before. I don't believe I had a dream predicting a future attack.

[zann725]

48. Yeah, I still remember getting ready for bed the night before 9/11...

I had this awful gut feeling something really BIG, really terrible was going to happen. But I had no idea what. The next morning, and often since...whenever 9/11 comes up, I remember that intuitive moment the night before.

Women's intuition is definitely worth listening too. Though I don't know why they'd be taking people all the way to Bethel, PA???

What I'm feeling uneasy about are those bleachers that protesters are allowed to sit on. If they're being 'allowed' to sit there by the powers-that-be, I ask 'why?'

[shadowknows69]

14. I'll buy the first round

I've got a bad feeling about this

[Carni]

21. Relax...if it didn't happen at the Dem convention/ it ain't happening

My bullshit detectors tell me this is BS to make bushit look more "brave" and authoritative

"He risks it all to lead our nation in the face of terror and adversity in a time of war"

<GAG> I just made myself sick

[In Truth We Trust]

39. Just a thought; can you spell Psy Ops?

terra terra terra. WTF!!!
People there will be a tomorrow so get off your asses TODAY. Do not fall prey to doomsayers who want you to surrender in despair. Fight the fascists and focus on day to day democracy and activism.

Psy Ops is amazingingly prolific even on this board or should I say especially on this board.

[HeeBGBz]

40. You rang?

Sorry, couldn't resist...

[justiceischeap]

3. That one kinda freaks me out too

Are they planning a "terrorist" attack? Why would they need shelters? Especially shelters that are over 2 hours away?

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

5. You don't say you wouldn't test your new toy if

got something like the "doomsday legislative"?

Yes the sword of damocles hangs in the air. i can almost feel it's pointy tip. Not sure its inaugural day but someting is going to happen. the air is a s thick as before a storm.

hmm wait a minute ...200 Miles away? do they intend to nuke washington?

[havocmom]

30. Just answer this for me: Where's Dick gonna be?

Cuz that's prolly gonna be safest place.

My secondary question: Does the Democratic Congressional all sit together for this little frace of junta puppets taking oaths to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution? That Doomsday plan has me majorly creeped.

Was hoping my last march would wait until nicer weather. At my age, I might get further in spring.

[NYC]

33. They, who?

Where will Bush be? Nobody is allowed to look directly at him. Will it be a stand in?

[uppityperson]

34. Why can't they look at him? I'd be pissed if I was parading.

OK now, go parade Our Brave Leader but don't look at him? I just don't get this. I can see not pointing anything at him, but don't look at him? What are they afraid of, death-eye-rays?

[NYC]

35. Two possible answers:

1. My reason: The Japanese people were not allowed to look at the emperor because he was descended from God. I can't get this out of my mind. I think this is why people can't look at Bush.

2. Two different people have told me that if you don't look at him, you can't aim at him. What level of cowardice is that? Anyway, it seems the most "reasonable" excuse.

A possible third answer: It won't be Bush; it will be a look-alike.

What do you think?

Re not looking at the descendent of God, don't forget that the order went out that Bush's shoes should not touch dirt. That was when he came to NY to attend a fundraiser, then cross a brief stretch of park in Queens to meet with families of 9/11 victims.

If you have never seen that, let me know, and I will find the article for you.

Bush is too good for his shoes to touch dirt, even to meet with families of 9/11 victims, the people he exploits endlessly.

[Kadie]

36. I had forgotten about the shoes not touching dirt thing.

Creepy. This whole thing is creepy.

[HeyManThatsCool]

37. i never saw that!

Can you PM me the article?


I also have a very, very strange feeling. I hadn't actually correlated it to the inauguration. My feeling started about 5 days ago. I've been having dreams that are very dark and depressing in tone & remind me of the immediate post 9/11 situation.

Maybe it is related to the fact that we are saying we may hit Iran? Or the Iraqi "elections" at the end of the month?

Who knows...

[NYC]

43. Check your DU mail.

Let me know if your dark dreams become less vague.

[arikara]

44. I didn't believe it, but here it is...

They must have the chimp's throne set up to be overlooking the route to the porta potties. So then what are they going to do, whack some little cheerleader over the head with a gun if she looks at the chimp on her way to the can? Taser some poor trombone player? Odds on naked pyramids?

<snip>
Participants have been warned that they will not be allowed to leave the tents except to go to portable toilets accompanied by a security escort.
Other instructions given performers include a warning not to look directly at Bush while passing the presidential reviewing stand, not to look to either side and not to make any sudden movements.
"They want you to just look straight ahead," said Danielle Adam, co-director of the Mid American Pompon All Star Team from Michigan, which also performed in the 2001 inaugural parade.
<snip>

On the lighter side, they are pissing off their base...

<snip>
The anti-abortion Christian Defense Coalition, which is also planning a demonstration, has threatened to sue the government because the Secret Service recently added crosses to its list of objects that are banned from the parade route.
"I think it's censorship no matter how you look at it," said the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the defense coalition.
<snip>

http://www.news-herald.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=1698&dept_id=21849&newsid=13721845

[zann725]

49. Maybe they're planning SERIOUS "crowd control" against the protestors...

and anticipate taking the injured (or worse) FAR away, to hide the true "numbers"...the way they hide the TRUE number of dead and injured U.S. soldiers.

This doesn't sound "right" to me.

[montana_hazeleyes]

7. This country

and the world have changed so much for the worse since this administration** took over.

I wonder why some people don't see how truly awful it has become. How in hell is this "the land of the free and the home of the brave" anymore?

[Eurobabe]

11. Relax everybody, the terra alert is low

you don't think they would sacrifice the boy king now would they?

[mtnester]

12. If his usefulness is over?

Would they sacrifice him for an agenda?

You tell me.

[Carni]

22. I only WISH some other power ruled things... but it's all him baby

The scariest prospect IMO is the correct one...bush himself calls the shots, he isn't a puppet he's the puppet master (now THAT is scary!)

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

13. nope

but then again short before or after he might be all off again... i'd suggest short before as he has a schedule for the late days

[havocmom]

32. the poster boy has served his purpose

You don't think they would hesitate do you?

[IndianaGreen]

15. Perhaps G_d will strike the Inaugural with a bus sized meteor

Nothing like smiting the wicked!

[annabanana]

17. What the bloody blue hell do they have up their sleeves?

Honestly! I cannot imagine what purpose this serves. Is the BOO! tactic still operable? Or is there a MIHOP underway?

[WritersBlock]

20. Sure makes ya wonder, doesn't it?

I have a sick feeling it's the latter.

[Carni]

19. Oh my! Such high drama from the bushomites!

AS IF...there would be a *terra* attack that would actually harm bush or his "haves" (To quote a phrase: when monkey's fly out of my butt)

[jhain]

23. i want to think it is all show

otherwise they would not be 'leaking' it to us.

[Carni]

24. I think that is the case

Although there is one really easy way to put this to rest...we can just check the state of Florida website and see if brother Jeb has signed any martial law declarations within the last two days.

[Megahurtz]

25. Uh oh,

maybe it's just der fuhrer's guilt taking affect LOL!:+

[Rose Siding]

27. Every day there are people who "have no where else to go"

Will the NRC share?

[gorbal]

28. Everyone freaks out before every protest...

...and every thing turns out okay for the most part. The last Answer protest I went to in Washington DC was pretty much incident free because they do their own security.

The last four large protests I went to in New York were pretty wild and you had to keep your head on yourself and not go wandering into any police-protestor showdowns, (unless that was what you wanted) but it is usually pretty obvious.

I guess what worries the most is that when people go on about how dangerous and scary a particular event might be it will scare people away. I think that might very well be the intention of some of those articles.

[zann725]

51. Just be careful. THIS is now the SECOND Shrub term...

and Admin. hubris grows quickly.

Just be careful.

[Rex]

38. Are they planning 911 part deux?

Iran is ripe for the pickens!

[catgirl]

41. Sounds like this "high alert" BS is an excuse

to come down hard on the protesters- or at the very least
scare people into not showing up.

[blackcat77]

42. So was New England

According to our liquored-up kicker, at least...

//Colts fan

[TankLV]

46. Why - does everyone plan to start puking in unison by then?

I know I will.

And it gets worse every waking moment.

And it still hasn't reached bottom yet.

[Behind the Aegis]

47. I hope it is all OK

I am being very selfish because I will be in MD interviewing for a job that will hopefully end my 20 month unemployment! I also fly out of DC that night to go see my folks who I haven't seen in almost 2 years because I live in Okla-HELL-ma and can't afford to fly home! I don't mind being called a crackpot, but I am not getting any "bad feelings" and I usually can sense big things that I will be around. Of course, my 'senses' could be off cuz I am worried about interviewing! The more rational side of me says..."nothing will happen because it will make the US look VERY weak! The assholes in DC cannot afford that now, even though the election is over. DC is probably one of the safest cities in the world for the next few days."

Let's hope all is well...then we will have him around for his impeachment!!!! :evilgrin:

[earth mom]

50. I am really uneasy too

every day things just get weirder and weirder and weirder. Between *s non reaction to the tsunami and the doomsday bill that congress passed, my intuition has kicked into high gear and I keep wondering what they are planning and where are they planning on striking next...

Meanwhile, the other night I had a dream about getting my passport...and right now, figuratively speaking, I have one foot out the door....

[Vidar]

53. Good luck & God be with any DUers protesting in person.