Will terrorists strike during a huge DC snowstorm?

[hexola]

I always wonder about this...why wouldn't they?

Last night the city was crippled by an inch of snow...

Terrorists could really go nuts - first responders might be stuck or slow...

Visibility issues...

Something to consider...

[NightWatcher]

1. Attack what? Bomb a cafe that's closed with zero patrons?

Put on a suicide vest and run screaming into a six foot high snowdrift?

[smirkymonkey]

31. *snort*

[JonathanRackham]

2. Lots of assault trucks on the road plowing.

[pinboy3niner]

5. NaCl Qaeda?

[JonathanRackham]

13. Maybe deisis

[Depaysement]

36. That made me chuckle nt

[LanternWaste]

3. A lack of high-asset, dramatic targets combined with their (assumed) cost/benefit analysis

A lack of high-asset, dramatic targets combined with their (assumed) cost/benefit analysis leads me to believe the only concern of the region on the next few days will be the weather itself.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. They would just get stuck

On the way their intended target.

[Nye Bevan]

6. I doubt that Islamic extremists are great at driving in the snow.

It's probably not a skill that the ISIS training camps focus on. Most likely they would skid off the road and blow themselves up.

[uppityperson]

25. They do get snow in Syria and Afghanistan in areas where DAESH hangs out

This is of a refugee camp, not DAESH, but shows snow in Syria, Lebanon. Also realize some supporters are in the US and may well have lived in snow and ice for some time, if not a long time.

http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/06/snow-in-syria-and-lebanon-causes-new-hardship-for-refugees/

[jeff47]

7. Sometimes, people need to be reminded of the actual danger.

Toddlers killed more people in the US than terrorists in 2015.

Are you afraid of toddlers? No? Then why are you afraid of terrorists?

[KamaAina]

8. And what did those toddlers kill the people with?

Rattles? Pacifiers?

[jeff47]

9. Guns. (nt)

[KamaAina]

10. DING DING DING!

That is the correct answer.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

15. Toddlers killed 23 other people last year? n/t

[jeff47]

18. Other people or themselves. (nt)

[SickOfTheOnePct]

20. Link?

The figures I saw were 15.

Still awful, no doubt, and the people that left guns out for them to find should be prosecuted and jailed, but I doubt toddlers killed more people than the Charleston shooter and the San Bernardino shooters.

I'll obviously stand corrected if you can show me otherwise.

[jeff47]

22. Can't find google?

http://www.snopes.com/toddlers-killed-americans-terrorists/

[SickOfTheOnePct]

32. So they didn't kill more than terrorists

Thanks for the link - those are the same numbers I saw, just in a different place.

BTW, it's normally incumbent upon the person making the claim to prove it's valid, rather than expecting the person that doubts the claim to prove it's valid.

[jeff47]

33. So you missed that big "True" and green checkmark at the top then?

WHAT'S TRUE: Broad counts indicate that 21 toddlers shot and killed themselves or others in 2015; 19 Americans died at the hands of potential or suspected Islamic terrorists.

Boy, that's a really weird way of saying terrorists killed more. And it's also really weird that 19 is bigger than 21 now.

BTW, it's normally incumbent upon the person making the claim to prove it's valid, rather than expecting the person that doubts the claim to prove it's valid.

BTW, it's also completely obvious when another poster is fishing for a reason to disregard something they do not want to be true.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

34. Did you miss the part where

14 in San Bernardino + 9 in Charleston = 23?

Or did you miss the part where the article says 21 people were killed by toddlers, but the numbers only add up to 15?

Or did you miss where further down, it includes the 5 people killed by terrorists in Chattanooga, which brings the terrorist total to 28, which is still more than 15 or the mysterious 21?

So tell me again how 15 (or 21) is greater than 28?

[Electric Monk]

11. Worse than useless speculation and fear mongering. Unrec. nt

[n2doc]

12. You are safe. Congress is not in session, right?

The real terrorists are on the TV, though.

[CajunBlazer]

14. Huh?!?!

Careful, what every you are eating or drinking may have made you paranoid. The last thing would want to do if I was a terrorist from a Mid Eastern country would be to go out into winter storm.

[Phentex]

16. Yes, we call them ICE-IS...

[LiberalElite]

29. ^^^^^THREAD WINNER ^^^^

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Oy

[karadax]

19. Seriously though, what could / would they do ?

Almost everybody will be at home. That's what happens when they hype up a winter storm a week in advance.

Very few people will be on the roads.
Very few people will be at work.
Very few people will be out shopping.

If they somehow manage to take out Netflix or everyone's internet connection then you may have a little bit of panic.

[madinmaryland]

21. The terrorists would probably get stuck in the traffic on beltway and get blindsided by a semi truck

before they can kill anyone.

[Katashi_itto]

23. They Lack Snacks.

[HereSince1628]

24. OMG ISIS Snow BALLS!! No car will move through DC without getting clobbered!!!!!!!!!

[pinboy3niner]

26. Yellow snowballs of mass destruction!

[LiberalElite]

28. The yellow snowballs come later - after

everyone's walked the dogs.

[LiberalElite]

27. No.

IMHO they don't want to be out in that weather anymore than we do. They could get stuck in traffic (ha!). Besides which, no one will be outside for them to kill. They won't waste good weaponry on empty space.

[Person 2713]

30. You best stay inside and lock the door

They could come to your door in a storm uncover in the blizzard undetected

[Iggo]

35. Life's too short to live in fear.

So don't.

[hexola]

37. The presidents motorcade got stuck yesterday...

Thats kind of serious - makes them sitting ducks.

And this next storm is supposed to hit on rush hour, on a Friday...

I doubt everyone will just go home Friday - cancel concerts, bookings etc...

Saturday things will be pretty well shut down...

[countryjake]

39. Honestly? These are the worst terrorists DC needs to worry about right now ...

(I did see that news report about the President's motorcade having such a treacherous drive home from the airport last night, so I think I can understand your concern. It was a scary report to watch.)

[CajunBlazer]

38. In 2015 you were 8 times more likely to get hit by lightening then injured or killed by Terrorist

42 people were killed or injured by terrorist in this country last year; that's 1 in 7,867,878 odds. The odds of getting hit by lightening in this country in any given year, 1 in 960,000,

Don’t Let Them Terrorize You

You are encroaching on the Republican candidate turf when your try to frighten people.