Code Red would trigger a virtual lockdown

http://www.post-gazette.com/nation/20030330codered0330p6.asp ^ | March 30, 2003 | Michael Collins

[HowBoutThemCowboys]

WASHINGTON -- National landmarks such as the Washington Monument, Ellis Island and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis could be shut down.

Planes could be grounded, trains could stop running, and bridges and tunnels could be closed. U.S. borders might be sealed off, and roadblocks might be set up on interstates and other major highways.

[SamAdams76]

I get the impression that we will not be in Code Red unless something has actually already happened.

[apackof2]

U.S. borders might be sealed off,

This should NOT take a Red Alert!

[archy]

I've received my own *hip-pocket* contingency orders in the event of a Code Red designation.

I have a pretty good idea of what it would take to trigger it, and we most certainly do NOT want to go there.

-archy-/-

[Libertarian4Bush]

"Some schools have plans to lock down their facilities during Code Red and already have begun advising parents not to rush to pick up their children."

WHAT?!? will they not be ALLOWED? is THAT it? no way, nah uh.

[WhiteGuy]

I'n just wondering..........

once the government declares "code red".........

what is the trigger that turns it back off?

[Betteboop]

Yes, we have contingency plans to keep the kids for up to 72 hours. Our school district has laid in supplies of peanut butter, jelly (no bread) crackers, cereals (no milk) and other carbs (not Atkins diet friendly). As staff members, we are more concerned about adequate deodorant for 1400 high school students in a lockdown situation!!

We were also told that if parents want to pick up their kids, they can--they will have to deal with police, etc, who don't want them on the roads at that time.

[Gunslingr3]

U.S. borders might be sealed off,

This should NOT take a Red Alert!

All it takes is a President Kruschev...

[sarasmom]

Welcome to FR.
WOW, martial law in a national emergency situation?
Who would have thunk-DUh.

[Bars4Bill]

National landmarks such as the Washington Monument, Ellis Island and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis could be shut down.

Security was tightened at eight high-profile landmarks, including the Washington Monument, the Liberty Bell pavilion and the Statue of Liberty, after Sept. 11 because they are symbols of democracy and are thus potential terrorist targets, Barna said.

Ridiculous. Those are not al Qaeda-type targets. Islaminazis want maximum civilian and government casualties, and an attack on any of those "symbols of democracy" is not worth their efforts. The above are more likely to be attacked by our own leftist "anti-war" scum.

[Free Vulcan]

The school lockdown thing is a bit much, grandiose plans of power and domination by lefty school officials.

This whole thing could be scary under another Clinton.

[Timesink]

We were also told that if parents want to pick up their kids, they can--they will have to deal with police, etc, who don't want them on the roads at that time.

It saddens me to say it, but it sounds like if we ever go Code Red, there are going to be a number of dead law enforcement officers as a result. And they're going to be killed by Americans told things like "No, you can't go get your kids." "No, you can't go get food," etc. The citizenry will put up with this sort of thing for a while in response to a direct threat, say an overturned train leaking deadly chemical gasses half a mile away. They will NOT accept orders to "stay in place" simply because some local sheriff or state "homeland security officer" they've never heard of has issued an "order." The results will be similar, though on a lesser scale, to the predictions made on FR every single day during the Clinton years when the various tinfoilers thought The Big Gun Grab was just days away (for two or three solid years). Citizen will be challenged/threatened by gung-ho cop/trooper/soldier; citizen will shoot to kill.

Oh, and for any DHS/FBI lurkers: I don't even own a gun, and have so many connections to law enforcement where I live I'll be able to go whereever I want even if someone manages to invent Code Black, so go look somewhere else for a "potential problem." I'm simply making a sad prediction.

[Timesink]

WASHINGTON -- National landmarks such as the Washington Monument, Ellis Island and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis could be shut down.

I dunno about those three things, but the Statue of Liberty was closed down on 9/11 and remains closed to this day, with no plans to EVER reopen it. You can still take a ferry to Liberty Island, but once you get there, all you can do is stand on the grass and stare at it.

[thepitts]

In other words...martial law.

[Dalite]

E.O. 12919 will give a good idea on the preparations that have been made, spanning over 2 decades, for "Continuity of Government" .

I think it gives a fair outline what the plan may become, if a State of Emergency is declared (12 USCS 95b [3/9/33]) and Martial Law is invoked...

[Beck_isright]

I don't have a "code red" contigency order, but I do have blued and stainless; does that count?

I concur with you, I have a damn good idea what will trigger it, and it's going to happen, I just don't know when.

V

[StriperSniper]

The citizenry will put up with this sort of thing for a while in response to a direct threat, say an overturned train leaking deadly chemical gasses half a mile away. They will NOT accept orders to "stay in place" simply because some local sheriff or state "homeland security officer" they've never heard of has issued an "order."

I'm simply making a sad prediction.

It would be sad if it happened in the first couple hours, after that, it would be sad if there were not enough citizens with nads left to defy any "order" without a specific tangible threat.

[MileHi]

Sorry, but an NEA school can't keep my son. The nice thing is, except for the "resorce officer", no one there will be able to do $hit to keep me from getting him.