Del. has several targets of terrorism

[cyberpj]

Del. has several targets of terrorism
By MIKE CHALMERS / The News Journal
06/23/2005

When Mark J. Miller jogs from his New Castle home to Battery Park, he sometimes stands on the banks of the Delaware River and sees targets.

Upriver, the twin spans of the Delaware Memorial Bridge carry more than 80,000 vehicles a day between Delaware and New Jersey. In the other direction, Miller sees the Premcor oil refinery and OxyChem's chlorine plant near Delaware City. Steam rises from the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants across the water, and tankers carrying oil, chemicals and containers from around the world ply the river daily.

"We're very tiny, but we're very important in terms of the whole economy," Miller said. "You can see how it would be an inviting area for al-Qaida or another like-minded group."

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[woodsprite]

1. I saw this in the paper today

and told hubby that "Yup, *'s poll numbers are dropping lower". Sheesh! Why advertise! Let's just tell EVERYONE where the chem plants are and what they're processing/using, etc. Advertising all the tankers that go up/down the river. It's stuff that Del. and most people within the tri-state area know already, but to actually write about it on the first 2 pages of the Snooze Journal.

[cyberpj]

2. Hmmm...you're right. I realize they printed it because of the LNG decision

but even tho it IS our local Snooze Journal, why advertise our vulnerability?

As an ex-Experimental Station employee, it's interesting to remember that we used to believe we were a prime target for terrorism.

Little did we realize that the only terrorists we had to fear were the Republican ones.