05-21-2011, 10:45 AM
the asshole mayor of Boston, Menino, picked today to have citywide disaster drills. this should be very entertaining. from a distance. what a doofus. it's crowded as hell in town for various reasons, and it's end-of-the-world-day. duh. i hope nobody gets fucking killed.
Early-rising Hub residents and unsuspecting out-of-towners — here for a springtime weekend of college commencements, outdoor festivals and sporting events — could be caught off-guard today by a poorly timed, 24-hour, citywide terror drill simulating sniper attacks, hostage seizures and even ear-shattering explosions.
In a sweeping exercise dubbed “Urban Shield, Boston,” some 600 heavily equipped city, state, transit and regional cops, bomb squads, firefighters and other emergency responders will begin swooping into a dozen locations across the city and the surrounding area at 8 a.m.
Early-rising Hub residents and unsuspecting out-of-towners — here for a springtime weekend of college commencements, outdoor festivals and sporting events — could be caught off-guard today by a poorly timed, 24-hour, citywide terror drill simulating sniper attacks, hostage seizures and even ear-shattering explosions.
In a sweeping exercise dubbed “Urban Shield, Boston,” some 600 heavily equipped city, state, transit and regional cops, bomb squads, firefighters and other emergency responders will begin swooping into a dozen locations across the city and the surrounding area at 8 a.m.