"Dress rehearsal" nuclear attack drill in San Francisco August 16th
7/7 had a training exercise the same day, 9/11 had a training exercise the same day.
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Dress rehearsal for disaster
Mike Aldax, The Examiner
2008-08-05 10:00:00.0
Current rank: # 58 of 6,982
SAN FRANCISCO -
Unless you want to experience the pandemonium of a devastating terrorist attack, you might want to steer clear of downtown San Francisco on Aug. 16.
In coordinating a simulated nuclear explosion in The City that Saturday morning, the Fire Department is warning residents that parts of downtown will swarm with helicopters, police patrols and FBI agents in ways that will make action-movie directors envious.
And while authorities say the exercise is necessary to prepare San Francisco for a possible terrorist incident, they say they hope residents won’t react by fleeing to the bridges in droves.
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Local
Dress rehearsal for disaster
Mike Aldax, The Examiner
2008-08-05 10:00:00.0
Current rank: # 58 of 6,982
SAN FRANCISCO -
Unless you want to experience the pandemonium of a devastating terrorist attack, you might want to steer clear of downtown San Francisco on Aug. 16.
In coordinating a simulated nuclear explosion in The City that Saturday morning, the Fire Department is warning residents that parts of downtown will swarm with helicopters, police patrols and FBI agents in ways that will make action-movie directors envious.
And while authorities say the exercise is necessary to prepare San Francisco for a possible terrorist incident, they say they hope residents won’t react by fleeing to the bridges in droves.
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