Vulnerability of ports / shipping closure
This morning on the Diane Rehm show on NPR, they were talking about the security of the nation's ports. One of the guests brought up an interesting point... that because there are so many different opportunities along the supply chain, if a dirty bomb or other device were to arrive somewhere in the U.S. via container, the U.S. would have no choice but to shut down the entire goods transport system, because they'd have no way of knowing where the device entered the system. A small bomb would be bad, but the economic consequences of bringing global shipping to a grinding halt would be beyond devastating.
It's just one more reason to have food and water on hand. We all know the statistic - with the just-in-time economy, metro areas only have about three days worth of goods on hand at any moment. If they shut down the ports, it would get ugly very fast.
It's just one more reason to have food and water on hand. We all know the statistic - with the just-in-time economy, metro areas only have about three days worth of goods on hand at any moment. If they shut down the ports, it would get ugly very fast.