Terror attack imminent

A new report delivered by a panel, that had been assembled by Congress, says a biological terror attack will happen by 2013 ^[1]. According to CNN.com, terrorists “are more likely to use a biological weapon than a nuclear one — and the results could be devastating.”

What am I supposed to do with this information? It’s not that I don’t want to be clued in, but I just don’t see how this information does anything for me — other than terrify me.

After reading this I wondered if there was anything I could, in fact, do to prevent becoming a victim. Should I move somewhere less likely to be a target? I can move to Dallas in an effort to still be in a city — just not New York City. I hear Colorado is nice and maybe it would be good to slow my pace down a bit. But would this even help my family to avoid being the next victims of terror? The report didn’t specify which city is most likely to be hit — only that America will, most definitely, be attacked. Should I be building an underground bunker of some kind? Would that even keep me safe from a biological attack? How are we, as average American citizens, supposed to deal with this information? Can we really even prepare?

I’d venture to guess that no one living, working, and visiting Mumbai ^[2] thought a bunch of insane terrorists were going to descend on them last weekend. These warnings do nothing for me. I pay my taxes to have an effective government protect me. I take back what I said earlier… it is that I just don’t want to be clued in!