Not being able to sleep, I'm learning, does have benefits. Incredibly, some of the very best TV watching seems to be on between 1 AM and 4-5 AM. I just finished watching a show everyone should see!
This particular program was Expose' on PBS. The topic? How vulnerable the U.S. railway systems are to terrorist attack. Take a look at Think Like a Terrorist (Pt. 2) on the Expose' web site. Better yet, watch it on your local PBS station. This episode focuses on an amazing investigative reporting by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Carl Prine, titled Terror on the Tracks.
In quick summation, with tankers filled with lethal chemicals rolling unguarded through every major metropolitan area in this country, we are ripe for the picking to attacks with the potential for great loss of life.
There is a wealth of information on the Expose' episode pages, but even more so on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story pages, including a database of the information Carl gathered that allows you to search for risk potential where you live.
Take the time to check all of this out.
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