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This just in: three massive bombs have detonated concurrently within a U.S. city, taking out the electrical power grid, and some communications systems. Early reports estimate civilian casulties to be high, possibly in the hundreds if not thousands, since one of the bombs exploded in a busy commercial and shopping district.
A sense of terrible fear and dread has gripped the country with the realization that the worst concerns have come true. The national security level has now been raised to red. Law enforcement of all branches scramble to keep the order. TVs all over the country are tuned into the news, with 24 hour reports of the situation. All regular programming is suspended. People are terrified there will be more bombs elsewhere. People don't know whether to stay or flee.
Grocery stores, Walmarts, Home Depots report mass invasions of people coming in and cleaning out the shelves of everything from canned food to water to shovels and emergency gas generators.
Banks close. Schools close. Federal buildings close. People still go to work in the morning, but there is a somber air everyday. An eerie quietness permeates the country as citizens brace for yet more bombs or whatever else may occur.
Gun stores, sporting goods stores that sell firearms sell out all their inventory. There is a shortage of firearms, and ammunition. People begin to see a slow but steady rise in prices of ammunition and firearms. Soccer moms and little old church ladies who normally wouldn't be caught dead with a gun in their possession are now suddenly packing a .357 Magnum or a 9mm semi-automatic.
Whole communities of Arab-Americans are harassed and ostracized, with occassional acts of violence occurring against them. Mosques close, for fear of the American public. Churches from Catholic to Protestant to Jehovah's Witness see a sharp rise in attendance.
Another threat comes up - people who were dispossessed or disenfranchised anre delighted with the situation, and roam the urban and suburban landscape looking to loot or steal or rob. Citizens stay at home and lock themselves in.
Here's the situation for you the high road members out there. You have to go get more gasoline and other supplies, and thus have to brave the streets in one of the more dangerous areas. You drive your SUV through the streets and see bands of men on foot, you hear their laughter and their shouts echo into your car.
Your wife stays at home with a shotgun or a handgun to protect your children. What do you carry on your mission?
This could be tomorrow. Are you prepared for it?
A sense of terrible fear and dread has gripped the country with the realization that the worst concerns have come true. The national security level has now been raised to red. Law enforcement of all branches scramble to keep the order. TVs all over the country are tuned into the news, with 24 hour reports of the situation. All regular programming is suspended. People are terrified there will be more bombs elsewhere. People don't know whether to stay or flee.
Grocery stores, Walmarts, Home Depots report mass invasions of people coming in and cleaning out the shelves of everything from canned food to water to shovels and emergency gas generators.
Banks close. Schools close. Federal buildings close. People still go to work in the morning, but there is a somber air everyday. An eerie quietness permeates the country as citizens brace for yet more bombs or whatever else may occur.
Gun stores, sporting goods stores that sell firearms sell out all their inventory. There is a shortage of firearms, and ammunition. People begin to see a slow but steady rise in prices of ammunition and firearms. Soccer moms and little old church ladies who normally wouldn't be caught dead with a gun in their possession are now suddenly packing a .357 Magnum or a 9mm semi-automatic.
Whole communities of Arab-Americans are harassed and ostracized, with occassional acts of violence occurring against them. Mosques close, for fear of the American public. Churches from Catholic to Protestant to Jehovah's Witness see a sharp rise in attendance.
Another threat comes up - people who were dispossessed or disenfranchised anre delighted with the situation, and roam the urban and suburban landscape looking to loot or steal or rob. Citizens stay at home and lock themselves in.
Here's the situation for you the high road members out there. You have to go get more gasoline and other supplies, and thus have to brave the streets in one of the more dangerous areas. You drive your SUV through the streets and see bands of men on foot, you hear their laughter and their shouts echo into your car.
Your wife stays at home with a shotgun or a handgun to protect your children. What do you carry on your mission?
This could be tomorrow. Are you prepared for it?
