NJ: Red alert? Stay home, await word

Thu Mar 20 01:40:31 UTC 2003

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Jeff Wasilko wrote:

> http://www.southjerseynews.com/issues/march/m031603e.htm
> 
> If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in
> the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by
> authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside
> your home, the state's anti-terror czar says.
> 
> ...

"You literally are staying home, is what happens, unless you are required to 
be out. No different than if you had a state of emergency with a
snowstorm." 

Except that in a snow storm, I can go out if I want to, and not face criminal
liability.  Are they planning to at least go through the farce of declaring
martial law first? 

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