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Re: Terrorist Attacks on America
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 11 Sep 2001 19:31:36 GMT
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NEWS:
State-by-State Breakdown of Reaction to Attacks
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
ALABAMA - Security increased at military bases including Redstone Arsenal,
site of the Army missile command and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center;
ALASKA: Military bases were placed on high alert, FBI coordinating with
other federal agencies to check major buildings in Anchorage, the state's
largest city. Security also heightened along the trans-Alaska pipeline,
which supplies the nation with about one-fifth of its oil needs;
CALIFORNIA: Airports closed, as are other landmarks, including Knott's Berry
Farm in Orange County, the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles and the city's
74-story Library Tower, at 1,700 feet the tallest building west of the
Mississippi River. State on high alert. State's Emergency Council convened
as Gov. Gray Davis requested heightened security at all state buildings;
COLORADO: City and state officials stepped up security around government
buildings. City opened an emergency preparedness office in the basement of
City Hall, where representatives of police, fire and health agencies, public
transportation officials, Denver International Airport and utilities were
gathering;
FLORIDA: Security heightened at federal courts. Walt Disney World evacuated
and closed its four theme parks and shopping and entertainment complex.
Space shuttle operations halted, 12,000 employees of Kennedy Space Center
sent home. Increased surveillance, with helicopter patrols and extra gate
checks in place. Skeleton crew remains at launch control center;
GEORGIA: All flights at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, the
nation's busiest, stopped. The CNN Center, world headquarters of Cable News
Network, closed to the public, although journalists at CNN and The
Associated Press remained. Legislators stopped their session to sing "God
Bless America."
ILLINOIS: Sears Tower shut down, state government buildings in Chicago and
Springfield closed. National Guard on state of heightened alert in Illinois;
INDIANA: Federal offices on alert;
KENTUCKY: Southern Governors' Association canceled annual fall meeting so
governors of Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky
and West Virginia could head back to their states;
LOUISIANA: Upper floors of the 34-floor Capitol building closed. Louisiana
Offshore Oil Port, which handles supertankers in the Gulf of Mexico,
suspends operations. State's 19 oil refineries on alert;
MAINE: Federal courthouses and state office buildings closed;
MARYLAND: Officials tightening security throughout the state. Security
heightened at Andrews Air Force Base. Baltimore-Washington International
Airport taking arrivals not departing flights;
MICHIGAN: Tunnel between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, closed to car traffic
and security increased along the Canadian border. Internal Revenue Service
closes 18 Michigan offices;
MINNESOTA: Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport shut down. Evacuation
of the 51-story IDS Center, the state's tallest building, located in
downtown Minneapolis. The Mall of America, in suburban Bloomington, and
World Trade Center in St. Paul closed;
NEBRASKA: State employees responding to requests for blood donations.
Security was heightened at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha. Churches in
Norfolk and Fremont areas holding or planning prayer services for victims;
NEVADA: Security increased at casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, at federal
buildings across the state and Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas. Flights
suspended;
NEW JERSEY: Airports and river crossings into New York City closed. Traffic
reported snarled on the New Jersey Turnpike. At Newark International
Airport, officers with shotguns blocked the road leading to Port Authority
offices and the air traffic control tower. Security increased at state
buildings in Trenton. Liberty State Park closed. Federal buildings and
courthouses closed;
NEW YORK: Courts closed. Security clamped down across the state. Security
increased at border points. Gov. George Pataki canceled his New York City
events. NEW YORK CITY: Subway lines shut down; some limited service later
restored. Mayoral primary election called off. Airports closed. Trading on
Wall Street suspended. United Nations building evacuated. Many offices
throughout Manhattan closed. Cellular phone service crippled. Regular phone
service congested. Evacuations from Wall Street to the United Nations. Lower
Manhattan closed to all but emergency vehicles. Bridges and tunnels into
Manhattan closed;
NORTH CAROLINA: Security was heightened at the Marine Corps' Camp Lejeune
and its air base at Cherry Point. The old Capitol Building, which houses the
governor's office, closed; security tightened at other state government
buildings in Raleigh;
OKLAHOMA: Gov. Frank Keating ordered all state office buildings closed.
Oklahoma City police created a one-block perimeter around the jail, where
bombing conspirator Terry Nichols is housed;
PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia International Airport closed. High-profile
tourist attractions like the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall closed;
SOUTH CAROLINA: All federal courthouses closed. At Fort Jackson in Columbia,
the Army's largest training facility was closed anyone without military
identification;
SOUTH DAKOTA: Commercial flights from Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Pierre and
other South Dakota cities grounded;
TENNESSEE: Department of Energy's nuclear weapons and research complex in
Oak Ridge put under heightened security. All flights from Tennessee's major
airports grounded. Planes were allowed to land;
TEXAS: Some office buildings evacuated. Flights out of Dallas-Fort Worth
International Airport canceled and Austin-Bergstrom International closed.
City Hall in El Paso closed;
UTAH: Security tightened at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden. The Deseret
Chemical Depot near Tooele is at highest alert. Salt Lake International
Airport shut down and some federal employees sent home;
VERMONT: Federal buildings in Montpelier and Burlington open. State's lone
atomic plant placed on heightened security;
VIRGINIA: Navy installations throughout Hampton Roads, home of the world's
largest Navy base, placed under an increased security condition. The 192nd
Virginia Air National Guard 192nd fighter squadron, an attack unit of fully
armed F-16 fighter jets that will patrol the nation's East Coast, were put
on alert with orders to down any unauthorized aircraft;
WASHINGTON: Airports and military bases throughout the state boosted
security. Outgoing flights canceled at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,
but planes allowed to land. Federal Court House in downtown Seattle on high
alert;
WEST VIRGINIA: Chemical plant security heightened. Flights out of
Charleston's Yeager Airport, West Virginia's largest, suspended. Capitol
Complex evacuated, increased security at other state buildings. Federal
courthouses closed.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Some office buildings closed in downtown Seattle. All downtown Starbucks branches closed. :^P Glad I don't work down there. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Terrorist Attacks on America
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| PERSONAL: I'm finally seeing the footage from Palastine...men, women, children dancing in the streets...smiling, chanting, clapping...I'm sickened, just sickened... They may see this as a strike aginst the "hated enemy" of America..I see their joy (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| NEWS: Reason for choice of aircraft: Planes from east to west coast carry maximum amount of fuel. NATO: Evacuated headquarters. FIMA: As part of plan, 8 urban search annd rescue teams en route to NY. To early to talk about a military response. Matt (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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