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Old 09-01-2005, 11:03 PM  
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Maybe I should elaborate a bit on this... lol

Right now a large part of the panic & mayhem is that people in there do not know what is going on. They don't have access to media coverage like those of us *outside* the panic & mayhem do. They are panicking & getting progressively worse, because they don't understand what is happening, where the help is, how come they haven't been rescued yet, etc etc etc.

I'm not saying this would "Fix" the whole problem by any means, but it might be a big enough reassurance and a means of getting a message to the thousands of people out there, that they haven't been forgotten.

Think about it, no idea what's happening, and then all of a sudden rescue efforts are aborted, and National Guard comes in armed & starts pointing the guns at you???? What does the government really think the reaction is going to be????

The government needs not just to restore order, but to find a way to calm "en masse" a very large number of people, and by this point they're probably all VERY well acquainted with looking up into the skies everytime they hear an engine... (as awful as that sounds) ....and even if they weren't, I'm sure most of us have seen one of these types of plane banners before in our lives... one person sees them & then nudges the person next to them and "Hey check it out!"

It would be a LOT easier for the government and FEMA and National Guard and whatever the hell else is working on this issue to regain control & order, if there was a means of calming down the masses so that the *real* trouble makers stick out like sore thumbs that much more.
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