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Sep. 16th, 2001 02:05 pmFirst of all, there are volunteer pilots with their own airplanes who do compassion flights for those who cannot afford to travel to NY (or anywhere). They are part of AngelFlight America. You can contact them by phone at 1-877-621-7177. They already have helped with shipping supplies into NY.
I usually don't try to predict the future with any sort of accuracy, but, well...
We are going to war.
Iran just sealed it's borders with Afganistan, and the Afgani ruling goverment (the Talibon) will be distroyed. Civil war my butt! The ultimatium from the world has been sent. Give up Bin Laden or we nuke and pave.
Regan National isn't going to be opened. It's likely to be shut down, and maybe moved further inland away from DC. But BWI and Dulles will get the extra work, and WMATA (DC mass transit) will have to speed up building the Metrorail to Dulles, while Maryland's MTA will have to run more MARC trains back and forth to BWI.
Air travel will continue to take a hit. Amtrak will realize self-sufficency sooner than expected, as people start to use train travel instead of airline travel. (I'm a bit biased in this, since I've ridden trains, both MARC commuter and Amtrak, since 1995) With the added security (and delays) at the nation's airports, folks are going to be hard-pressed to find easier travel. Amtrak will be the calling force.
Congress may expand law enforcement's abilities. We'll have to have the courts sort it all out. I'll probably take a generation for it to truly shake out.
180 dead, 5,000+ missing...
I usually don't try to predict the future with any sort of accuracy, but, well...
We are going to war.
Iran just sealed it's borders with Afganistan, and the Afgani ruling goverment (the Talibon) will be distroyed. Civil war my butt! The ultimatium from the world has been sent. Give up Bin Laden or we nuke and pave.
Regan National isn't going to be opened. It's likely to be shut down, and maybe moved further inland away from DC. But BWI and Dulles will get the extra work, and WMATA (DC mass transit) will have to speed up building the Metrorail to Dulles, while Maryland's MTA will have to run more MARC trains back and forth to BWI.
Air travel will continue to take a hit. Amtrak will realize self-sufficency sooner than expected, as people start to use train travel instead of airline travel. (I'm a bit biased in this, since I've ridden trains, both MARC commuter and Amtrak, since 1995) With the added security (and delays) at the nation's airports, folks are going to be hard-pressed to find easier travel. Amtrak will be the calling force.
Congress may expand law enforcement's abilities. We'll have to have the courts sort it all out. I'll probably take a generation for it to truly shake out.
180 dead, 5,000+ missing...
