…I am really, really not happy about this. I work on the small island mentioned in SC. fuck. I’ll be carrying my concealed with me to work from now on.
After reading this today at work, I decided to run a terrorist act scenario at my work in my head. I’m not an alarmist, but I’ve been cornered by men with guns before (most of you know I was kidnapped and robbed by 5 armed men). I picked the weakest points of entry as where they would come in: the front lobby. All other entrances are locked and require key card entry. I am not on the first floor, so I traced the possible routes out of the building. After that, I have at least 20-30 yards of clearing until I can get to cover. Literally, my building is surrounded on 2.5 sides by marsh with very big alligators. I could show you pictures. At least in the winter, they aren’t active; they haven’t gone into hibernation yet, but I’d swim if I had to. If I can’t get downstairs and out of the building, I’ll have my gun, and I have a couple of supply closet-like options that might work.
how terrible that our world has come to this….I did the same thing when I was in college and the campus shootings started. I would always plan an escape route in my classes, restaurants, stores, ect. We shouldn’t have to live like this.
ISIS releases ‘Kill List’; Seven Texas cities included
Posted: Mar 24, 2015 4:15 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 24, 2015 2:03 AM EDT
Video Courtesy of CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley
The Pentagon has responded to a globally-released ‘Kill List’, asking law enforcement to give extra protection for military personnel whose personal information was released.
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports the Pentagon spent the weekend notifying the soldiers who appeared on the list, and urged city police departments and military police to increase patrol in the neighborhoods where the targeted live.
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) published the list days ago, a report that contained names, photos, and home addresses of U.S. Armed Forces personnel, causing alarm in cities potentially at high-risk.
According to the publication, ISIS urges followers and sympathizers in the U.S. to kill the servicemen. Specific personnel on the list are largely from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy – branches of the country’s military that have conducted massive air strikes against ISIS.
The air strikes have left ISIS mostly defenseless, killing over 8,000 fighters with attacks carried out on more than 5,000 targets. But ISIS appears to be fighting back through forms of social media.
The Pentagon says the the targeted appeared to be compiled from public sources — anything from news articles to Facebook posts that could have linked them to attacks on the terrorist group. Officials with the Pentagon say some members were incorrectly identified, but right or wrong, it’s still a threat.
Seven Texas cities were included on the list: Abilene, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Wyle, Fort Hood, Bedford, and Killeen.
Cities expected to increase in security due to the threat are below:
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Texas: Abilene, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Wyle, Fort Hood, Bedford, Killeen
Indiana: Michigan City, Bolivar
Michigan: Dearborn Heights, Lake Orion
Connecticut: Barkhamsted, Manchester
Nevada: Reno
Georgia: Griffin
Maryland: Upper Marlboro, Warrensburg, Lexington Park
Arizona: Phoenix
Louisiana: Shreveport, Bossier City
South Carolina: Daniel Island, Charleston
North Carolina: Fayetteville, New Bern
Virginia: Burke, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Springfield, Norfolk, Chesapeake
Colorado: Colorado Springs
California: Hanford, Solvang, San Ardo, Monterrey, Newberry Park, Carlsbad
New Mexico: Farmington
North Dakota: Minot
South Dakota: Rapid City
Florida: Merritt Island, Palm Coast, Saint John, Middleburg, Saint Augustine
Washington: Colton, Cheney, Seattle, Spokane, Anacortes
Nebraska: Bellevue
Illinois: Orland Park
Rhode Island: Newport
Idaho: Bonners Ferry