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August 10, 2006
That's Just Great
I woke up this morning, made some coffee and checked the news like I do every morning, and saw the headline Airline bombing plot foiled. Apparently would-be terrorists tried smuggling explosives onto commercial airplanes traveling from the UK to the US. Luckily they were caught before they could deploy their terrible plot.
According to the article, the US Department of Homeland Security has raised their colour-coded threat meter to "Red - High" for the first time. Then I remembered that I will be flying to New York City tonight to attend Shawn and Kat's wedding. Well that's just great. Of all cities to fly to during the Red Terror Alert...
Hopefully my airline won't consider my iPod and a bottle of water as carry-on contraband like the British have done.
Update: I just got a call from a friend taking an earlier flight, who informed me the lines at security at SeaTac Airport are several hours long, and recommended I get there six hours early, so that's what I plan to do. Good thing I charged up my iPod. I'll be back on Tuesday.
Comments
No bottles of water as far as I know. No liquids, plain and simple, from what the news is saying. Oh, and one more thing. No Chinese throwing stars. I know! Who would have thought?
Posted by: Rew at August 10, 2006 11:46 AM
What about Japanese throwing stars? Surely those are ok.
Posted by: Chris at August 10, 2006 1:27 PM
Yeah, everyone likes the Japanese! Thank you for the sushi!
Posted by: Rew at August 11, 2006 5:02 AM
And the samurai. Those guys are wicked cool.
Posted by: Rew at August 11, 2006 5:03 AM