[dawn53]

Tell your brother to homeschool his kids, if he's really concerned.

My sister lives in Atlanta, and has never considered homeschool, UNTIL, she was informed that she was NOT allowed to pick up her kids in case there is an emergency involving terrorism.

Same thing happened near where I am after a non-specific bomb thread forced officials to evacuate all the schools. Parents were told there COULD NOT pick up their children from schools.

The schools have plans in the event of a terrorist alert, and it does not involve parent's getting custody of their own kids.

[Calpernia]

Yup. It is called 'lock down'. My kids' school is right near the train station. We have gone into lock down several times already. When this happens, I can't get near the school.