Stop Reading This (after you've read this) and Do Something!

In April 2003, I read an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer about how fears of terror plots against chemical plants have spurred calls for more oversight. In the Philadelphia region, an attack could put more than one million humans at risk of serious injury or death. The accompanying graphic displayed big circles around potential targets all over the place. That should have been enough to keep us on the telephone with our congress people long into the night. It’s more than a year later, and it seems we’ve already forgotten how easy it is to drive down the highway and launch a few grenades at a hydrogen fluoride tank in the Sunoco refinery. Believe me, I’m not giving the bad guys any ideas here. But I am starting to think that they’re the only people who react to an article like the one in the Inquirer. Of course, they’re probably thinking about using the information for evil rather than good. So who’s working on preventing a deliberate catastrophe at one of these facilities? How about we all start now! Learn more at www.safehometowns.org, and send a letter to your Senator. And stock up on supplies in the disaster kit. And build a windmill. And move to the mountains. We must stay alive so that we can win.