ALAS, BABYLON, Post your "post-attack" conditions of YOUR CITY here. Thread 01

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[green team 1999]

from los angeles,suspicious car seen at lax,package also found,faa,police and fbi the only ones at lax,place is deserted just like in a science fiction movie,in other news the red line subway closed at 1pm pacific time,governor blackout davies will make a speech and also push for the bail out of edison electric with taxpayres money,madonna cancelled,lapd and county sheriff in full tactical alert, back to you DCBryan1.

[green team 1999]

from los angeles,suspicious car seen at lax,package also found,faa,police and fbi the only ones at lax,place is deserted just like in a science fiction movie,in other news the red line subway closed at 1pm pacific time,governor blackout davies will make a speech and also push for the bail out of edison electric with taxpayres money,madonna cancelled,lapd and county sheriff in full tactical alert, back to you DCBryan1.

[patriciaruth]

NYC GOP Chick is physically okay. She was four blocks from the WTC and saw it all happen.

[Constitution Day]

Eastern North Carolina:

WRAL News: Triangle Reacts to Terrorist Attacks

N.C. Military Bases On Heightened Alert
"Military bases in North Carolina are at heightened states of security amid reports of terrorist hits in New York City and Washington.

Fort Bragg, home of the Army's 18th Airborne Corps, and Pope Air Force base are on their highest state of alert.
A Fort Bragg spokesman says it is on Force Protection condition "Delta."
That means the post is on a heightened state of security and awareness.
The same is true at Pope AFB..."

Federal Courthouses in Eastern N.C. Closed
Old Capitol Building Shut Down in Raleigh

All six federal courthouses in eastern North Carolina are closed in response to today's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
That includes all courthouses from Raleigh to Wilmington.
Chief Deputy Bill Snelson of the United States Marshal's Service for Eastern North Carolina sats there's been a definite heightened security,
but he's won't go into specifics.
Yellow police tape lined parts of the perimeter around the Terry Sanford Federal Building in Raleigh, where hundreds of people work.
The old Capitol Building, which houses Governor Easley's office, is closed.
Easley has also ordered additional security measures at other state government buildings.
Renee Hoffman of the State Emergency Response Team says there have been no threats in North Carolina,
but the governor has ordered additional security at some sites around the city.
The team, made up of officials from several agencies of state government, had been partially activiated in response to the attacks.
It is typically activated to respond to natural disasters.
A briefing is expected for this afternoon.

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Nothing else confirmed to report here.
Have heard friends who say that Seymour Johnson AFB (Goldsboro NC), 30 min from my office, is on full alert and that jets were scrambled this a.m.

God bless our country.
-CD

[LouD]

Milwaukee, WI: Arabian Fest is cancelled this weekend. I wonder why?

[anymouse]

Much of Houston is shut down.

Request for FReepers not to detail military movements on FR, as whoever did this probably reads FR too.

[anniegetyourgun]

Am looking at pictures from local blood banks - people lined up with estimates of another 3 hour wait before they can be processed.

[KLT]

Well, here's what's left of my city.....and it gets worse!

[curmudgeonII]

The word here [in Anderson] is that no hotel in Indianapolis is taking new customers. Long lines by all gas stations. Predicitions of $5.00/gallon tomorrow. All extra-curicular school functions closed. Many evening meetings closed. [The list of closed functions reads like what you expect during a blizzard.]

[KLT]

Well, here's what's left of my city.....and it gets worse! FreeGuards from what is left of NY!

[craig_eddy]

From my Mom in Charleston, WV: chemical plants there (and there are a LOT of them in the Kanawha Valley) on alert.

[Catspaw]

EDT? Is this a rolling prayer call for all the time zones with it going like a wave over the country or 5:30 PDT?

I don't know...I do know the churches in Green Bay will be open tonight for prayer services somewhere around that time Central.

Austin-Straubel airport is closed & roads in & out are blocked by the Sheriff's dept. Three planes going to Minneapolis were diverted here. Security is high at all government offices.

Nationally, any mail, UPS or Fed Ex will be backed up because nothing's flying. Expect delays.

[Ol' Sox]

Norwalk, CT

We are a community within commuting distance to NYC and many people worked at the WTC. I suspect that wailing and rending garments will be the order of business tonight at many homes in our town. Metro North, the train into and out of NYC, is not running except to bring wounded to Norwalk Hospital which has a burn center. My brother-in-law, an MD, is on call at the hospital "indefinitely". Many of the schools in the area either closed early or will be closed tomorrow.

I left work early, and my wife and I drove down to Long Island Sound to see if we could see the New York skyline 50 miles away. We turned back when we came to the realization that the smoke was actually a funeral pyre for tens of thousands of people.

Virtually all the churches are having prayer services tonight. We'll be at ours.

[TC Rider]

Las Vegas, Nevada

I spoke with my Mom and Dad a few hours ago in Boulder City. The Hoover Dam has been closed. The traffic that normally flows over the top of the dam, has been rerouted to Laughlin, Nevada.

On the Strip, the Stratosphere tower has been evacuated, other high rise amusements/hotels are being closed.

[KentuckyWoman]

TENNESSEE:

State offices allowing workers to leave early
Local malls (Nashville) closing
Federal buildings in Lock-down status
Nashville International Airport closed down
Oakridge (near Knoxville) on "high" security alert
T.E.M.A. patrols near Shelbyville, TN (why??)
Federal offices in Knoxville and Chattanooga closed
BellSouth building closed to all but "mission critical" employees
First American tower and L. & C. Tower (downtown Nashville) evacuated.

PRAY FOR AMERICA!!

[Enough_Deceit]

Tempe, AZ Malls closed. Little traffic out and about. Schools are open. Picked up friend for lunch at Intel. They wouldn't let us pass until our car was searched. The restaurant was very quiet. We are all walking around with a sense of disbelief. Mail is late (oops, that's normal:-)).

[littleleaguemom]

Major overkill here in San Diego. Downtown is closed down and all "non-essential" city employees sent home. K-12 Schools open as usual, but the state universities and community colleges are closed. Sea World, Legoland, Disneyland, malls, movie theatres closed. Post office operating as normally as possible, both they and Airborne, Fedex, etc unable to offer any delivery schedules. All military called to the naval base. Get this, Starbucks is closed! Littleleaguedad arrived at LAX from Asia late last night (close call).

[Edmund Burke]

I live in Port Huron, Michigan. The Blue Water International Bridge between the US and CANADA is completely undefended from espionage. I just drove down under the bridge a few minutes ago, and there is absolutely no one guarding the main support pillar for the bridge. I am very surprised at this since the Emergency Preparedness Director has been on radio all day telling about all the great things he is doing.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Chicago

Government buildings closed.

Sears tower evacuation started at 9:00 our time.

Prudential, Hancock and others started sending everyone home soon after.

Museums, zoos and colleges closed.

Unattended cars are being towed, legally parked or no.

Most businesses sending people home starting between 9 and 10.

Trains and buses are being re-routed from service yards back to stations to handle the volume of folks leaving.

Mysteriously, the public schools remain open to babysit the kids.

[another_xphile]

I live just North of NYC, near West Point and Stewart Airport...both were under lock down from early on today. All schools were let out early and many businesses are closed.

This area is a big commuter area into NYC and many of us are awaiting for news of our loved ones and friends of loved ones safe arrival home, as transport out of the city is difficult, many highways in NJ and surrounding suburbs are cordonned off, and train service out of the city is packed and sporatic.

I can't believe the skyline of NYC will be forever changed. Everytime you come within the suburbs of NY, the Twin Towers was the first and most recognizable landmark rising out of the island, other than the ESB. It will be a devastating reminder everytime it comes into view.

Oh Senator Hillary, come out come out where ever you are...:(