The Assistant Director in charge of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate at the FBI puts the probability of a WMD attack on the US at 100%. Read about it here.
He is the most senior law enforcement official directly responsible for thwarting such an attack, and for responding in the event it happens. You would think he’d know the odds.
Do you agree with him? I do.
Now here is the real question – are you doing your job with this certainty in mind? Or have the cries of wolf diluted your diligence? Sure. it’s going to happen, but not here, not in my back yard. Let New York City and Washington, DC worry. Nothing will happen here in Maine or Louisiana or Utah.
That’s not true. Many of you know I write fiction, and my upcoming novel, The Rockets’ Red Glare, deals with a coordinated dirty bomb attack on the US. I’ve done the research, I’ve talked to the experts, and I picked my fictional targets using the same rationale as terrorists are likely to in reality. Want to know who gets it?
Missouri. Minnesota. Arizona. Washington. Michigan. And others just as improbable.
The point is this – the goal of your job is not to get a good grade on a FEMA exercise. The goal of your job is to save lives and property when this inevitably happens.
Please be prepared.
John Darrin
www.radsafeinfo.com
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