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Thursday,
October 11th, 2001: so,
it's officially one month since the terrorism attacks in New York and
Washington, and how far have we come since then? Well, let's just say,
we have been reminded of it every single day since. I think there's a
lot of fear out there, mostly of the unknown and what could happen. Just
today, the FBI issued a statement, saying |
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"Certain
information, while not specific as to target, gives the government the reason
to believe that there may be additional terrorist attacks within the United
States and against U.S. interests overseas over the next several days.
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The
FBI has again alerted all local law enforcement to be on the highest alert
and we call on all people to immediately notify the FBI and local law enforcement
of any unusual or suspicious activity."
I
know how freaked out some people will feel, but those of us in the world,
not living in the United States, are seeing things we've never seen before.
Just up here, in Canada (Toronto to be exact), we've had 2 bomb scares yesterday,
one in a downtown building and the other in the subway, along with a break-in
and a drum of mysterious liquid found at a water treatment facility that supplies
water to 100,000 homes. This all happened yesterday!
What about today? Well, how about having CF-18 Hornets patrolling the skies
over Toronto and Southern Ontario?
Yes, that's right, we've got the Canadian Armed Forces patrolling the skies
over my town now. The reason is simple...to guard against the threat of hijacked
civilian planes- in extreme circumstances in order to protect the territory
of Canada. And yes, they too have the authority to shoot them down, should
it be necessary.
That authority will come from Defence Minister Art Eggleton and the Prime
Minister, Jean Chretien.
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Above:
CF-18 Hornet
Here
are some facts and figures about the CF-18:
Length:
17.07 m
Wingspan: 12.31 m
Height: 4.66 m
Weight: 10,455 kg
Power: 2 General Electric F404 low bypass turbofans
Speed: Mach 1.8
Ceiling: 15,000 m
Range: 3,704 (more with air-to-air refueling)
Armament: Sidewinder and Sparrow air-to-air missiles, Maverick air-to-ground
missile, conventional bombs and precision-guided bombs, rockets, and M-61
20mm cannon
Crew: 1 pilot (CF-18A), 2 pilots (CF-18B)
Year(s) procured: 1982 to 1988
Quantity in CF: 122 (60 operational/62 fighter training, testing and
rotation)
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When
will it end? Someone answer that for me? Do we have to wait until every terrorist
is caught and brought to justice? Do we really think this is possible? In
spite of all of this going on, the thing that is most on my mind right now
is my sore gums =(
Caught
you off guard with that comment, eh? Well ha! to you. I'm not going to let
all of this stuff in the world bring me down. The only thing that does that
is "fine fine Dean". If you don't know who that is, then
you're out of the loop! I hate that DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN! Urrrrrrrrrgh!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Blaaaaaaaaaah!
Later
folks!
More
to come another day.
That
day won't be today, however.
Then
again, that's what "another day" means, right?
BYE
BYE BYE!
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