Just a Serious moment about stadiums and terrorism

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Thanks Irishman, and a big thanks to all of our soldiers serving overseas. My bother just got his orders today. He will be heading to Kandahar, Afghanistan in June.
 

tru2thaduce

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I think about this quite often.The announcers were talking about the post 9/11 game the Braves Played in NYC on '01 last night.I wonder if they were thinking about it as well.
 

Rueben

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Stay alert, but don't let these threats detract from your fun. Life is for living...
I totally agree. When I walk into a a public facility I always make a quick mental note about what I would try to do if things went bad. For instance, in a restaurant I locate the closest two emergency exits. Then I ask how difficult would it be trying to get to one of those emergency exits? Will I be running against a crowd? 90% of all people will try to go out the same door they came in, no matter how close they are to an emergency exit. While at BDS last weekend I was on row 3, bottom level. even though I am sure many others would go to the field, I would have had to do the same. The gates would be jammed, and they would have made a good spot for a secondary device. After spending 2-3 minutes thinking about these things I go back to enjoying what I am doing, always maintaining situational awareness.
 

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Maybe Mal Moore can take field security a little more seriously and upgrade the field staff? Anyone else notice the obese people down there for crowd control? Not talking about the TPD or Sheriff but the generic looking field security - they wear white t-shirts, haphazardly tucked into black slacks. The women are averaging at least 250 pounds at 5'5.

Saw three TPD officers taking a photo of one of them with their cell phone - they laughed about him for a good twenty minutes, probably. Fat guy with a generic event security t-shirt, but had military cargo pants tucked into combat boots - and a utility belt that would shame Batman - looked 1/2 Waffle House rent-a-cop, 1/2 airborne ranger.
 
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I totally agree. When I walk into a a public facility I always make a quick mental note about what I would try to do if things went bad. For instance, in a restaurant I locate the closest two emergency exits. Then I ask how difficult would it be trying to get to one of those emergency exits? Will I be running against a crowd? 90% of all people will try to go out the same door they came in, no matter how close they are to an emergency exit. While at BDS last weekend I was on row 3, bottom level. even though I am sure many others would go to the field, I would have had to do the same. The gates would be jammed, and they would have made a good spot for a secondary device. After spending 2-3 minutes thinking about these things I go back to enjoying what I am doing, always maintaining situational awareness.
Who are you, Jack Bauer?
 

dennychimes76

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Maybe Mal Moore can take field security a little more seriously and upgrade the field staff? Anyone else notice the obese people down there for crowd control? Not talking about the TPD or Sheriff but the generic looking field security - they wear white t-shirts, haphazardly tucked into black slacks. The women are averaging at least 250 pounds at 5'5.

Saw three TPD officers taking a photo of one of them with their cell phone - they laughed about him for a good twenty minutes, probably. Fat guy with a generic event security t-shirt, but had military cargo pants tucked into combat boots - and a utility belt that would shame Batman - looked 1/2 Waffle House rent-a-cop, 1/2 airborne ranger.
These are not Mal Moore/UA employed folks - it is Gene Hallman's group. :)
 

Rueben

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Who are you, Jack Bauer?
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

No, but I have been dinning in a restaurant that got held up while I was there.
Plus I have been a firefighter / paramedic for over 15 years, and have been to many terrorism response classes. As a Captain for our department's (regional) response team, I have to look at things in more of a "What If" situation." but, I only do it for a minute or two, and then go back to enjoying life.:biggrin2:
 

Rueben

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Maybe Mal Moore can take field security a little more seriously and upgrade the field staff? Anyone else notice the obese people down there for crowd control? Not talking about the TPD or Sheriff but the generic looking field security - they wear white t-shirts, haphazardly tucked into black slacks. The women are averaging at least 250 pounds at 5'5.

Saw three TPD officers taking a photo of one of them with their cell phone - they laughed about him for a good twenty minutes, probably. Fat guy with a generic event security t-shirt, but had military cargo pants tucked into combat boots - and a utility belt that would shame Batman - looked 1/2 Waffle House rent-a-cop, 1/2 airborne ranger.
Yea, the guy that told my wife she could not take her camera in BDS was wearing his pants pulled up to his nipple line.
 

dave12

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Stadiums, hotels on alert amid terror probe - Yahoo! News

I know this is not college football direct but please be vigilant and alert when you attend any sporting event. Atlanta, Tuscaloosa, anywhere. Please read. Thanks. :BigA:
Very good post, thanks. And yes i have though about it at times. And it's still hard for me to believe that someone, anyone could have so little reguard for life to do something of this nature.
Thoughts and prayers go out to our troops who have to deal with this kind of thing on a daley basis.

:biga2:
 

JessN

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I'm not going to say BDS is tamper-proof, but there's one good thing about the stadium being tucked into an old campus surrounded by narrow streets -- it's a tough target.

The TPD has staggered vehicles to block the streets leading to the stadium, and although some of the yellow-shirt security types are just there for the party, while outside BDS before the FIU game I noticed that we have a bomb patrol group on continuous duty before games. I'm not going to put out details of it here for security reasons, but I liked what I saw.

Could someone get a device in? I suppose. Anything's possible. And if you're sitting packed in a stadium with tens of thousands of people and the big one hits, your survival strategy is pretty much to hope the primary impact wasn't in your general vicinity.

But while I'm aware of my surroundings, I won't live in fear.
 

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Thanks Irishman, and a big thanks to all of our soldiers serving overseas. My bother just got his orders today. He will be heading to Kandahar, Afghanistan in June.
Our Prayers are with you. My Stepson is heading there in January..... transport driver.....

I'm tired of having to be on "alert" because we are who we are....... but when we are afraid of going to a football game because of Terrorism........it sort of feels like the terrorists are winning......
 

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I saw an article where Michigan banned all bags from their stadium starting this week. The only way to get one in is with written permission from a medical professional.
 

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I saw an article where Michigan banned all bags from their stadium starting this week. The only way to get one in is with written permission from a medical professional.


"Would you give me a hand with the bags?"
"Certainly. You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban."
 

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