saw this on TV news,now I can't get it out of my head!!!

[doubletrouble_vb]

To put in my two cents..."Allah" never demanded anything...its just the excuse those people gave/were given. If we limit our perception to terrorists who happen to be muslim we leave ourselves exposed to all the terrorists who aren't..

Disney is a high profile...and I have to agree...low risk target. The number of people you can find congregating in relatively small small spots can be surprising. I think the likelihood of small bombs, chemical, biological and firearm attacks is much higher than that of "big bomb" attacks...mainly because car bombs, truck bombs seem to be more lethal in enclosed and/or confined spaces in close proximity to large numbers of people...DTD would not be a good target. Disney doesn't even x-ray people going into the parks the way Six Flags does for small arms (knives, handguns).

At the same time there are many other targets that might carry a more lasting impression in the news...which is generally the point...the WTC was picked as much for its proximity to media as for what it represents in the world. I think you may have more cause for concern with regard to vacationing in Disneyland than Disneyworld. But even so what's the difference? We all have to go sometime and in most parts of the world death by terrorism probably ranks only slightly above death by lightning. You'd do better to worry about the amount of time you spend on interstates.

 

[Sandy Fisher]

We live a very short drive from Camp David and since 9/11 we have had fighter jets patrolling over our small town whenever anyone of importance is up on the mountain. They have even "shepherded" small private planes to a nearby airport (Hagerstown, MD) and forced them to land. Many people in town have had closer views of the underside of those jets than they'd like.
Now they have extended the radius to 10 miles -- even commercial jets are not allowed to fly through the air space.
I figure if someone makes up their mind to attack the U.S., unless you have your own personal bunker, you can't feel 100% safe. We couldn't decide if we felt safer with the jets patrolling and if it made up for the closeness of even Washington D.C. or not.
We had a trip planned for November 2001 to WDW and we went and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Would love to go tomorrow -- or yet today if it were feasible.