The plane a tax protestor crashed into a building in Austin today hit 9420 Research Blvd. In late 2000, I worked in 9430 Research Blvd., right next door. What are the odds?
Also, for about a year I was assigned to an IRS building in the Washington, DC area. It's covered by the post-9/11 restricted flight zone, however, so it's somewhat safer -- unless attacked from the ground. (D'oh!)
For that matter, I worked on Capitol Hill for a couple of years. Again, in the restricted flight zone and
somewhat safer from the air (key word: "somewhat"), but a prime target for ground attack.
Now I work someplace no more likely to be attacked than any other office building, so all I have to worry about are
floods,
fires,
power outages,
tornadoes,
hurricanes,
blizzards, extreme
heat and
cold,
chemical spills,
train crashes, and
disease. Oh, and a
rising sea level due to global warming. (But not earthquakes or volcanoes!)
Update: Oops.
Earthquakes too. Still no volcanoes, though!
Update #2: And
sharks.
Got a presentation from a police firearms instructor again. This time he showed us this target for firing riot-control ammo, namely shotgun-launched beanbags. Only the green areas are safe to shoot; hitting a red area might result in serious injury or even death. Doesn't leave a whole lot, does it? The instructor said cops prefer Tasers for exactly that reason.
