Topic 52 of 63: Travel in the Post Attack World
Wed, Nov 14, 2001 (06:42) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
How has travel changed in this Post September 11th Attack World?
19 responses total.
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 1 of 19: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Nov 14, 2001 (06:50) * 1 lines
I won't curtail any travel plans, it's starting to feel like the Airlines are safe again from all that I've gathered on the news lately. Anyone have any travel experiences to relate?
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 2 of 19: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Nov 16, 2001 (21:36) * 3 lines
it doesn't really change my plans any--i hardly ever go anywhere. but i will say that my mother had planned to visit germany last month but her family there advised her against it for now.
as far as going into public places, hasn't affected me, still gotta do what you gotta do, y'know?
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 3 of 19: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, Nov 19, 2001 (21:40) * 1 lines
On Oct. 1 we flew from Baltimore to Ontario to Zurich and back on Oct. 22. Airports were deserted in North America (with Nat'l Guards and machine guns posted prominently), Europe was business as usual. No undue searching at any checkpoint, just the standard metal detector and x-ray machine for carry-ons. Had to walk across a disinfection carpet (remember foot and mouth disease? That story got blown off the headlines) on the way back. Took trains, cabs, funiculars, cable cars, etc...no extra security anywhere over there. S. flew to Denver last week, nothing out of the ordinary either.
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 4 of 19: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Nov 21, 2001 (21:39) * 3 lines
what's a funicular?
L.A. had (has?) dudes on certain random rooftops with machine guns at the ready.
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 5 of 19: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Nov 21, 2001 (21:40) * 1 lines
(and i should mention that these aren't the bad guys sitting on the rooftops either)
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 6 of 19: Autumn (autumn) * Fri, Nov 23, 2001 (16:30) * 3 lines
A funicular is a sort of cog "elevator" that ascends a steep grade, such as a mountainside.
I imagine with Thanksgiving that the airports/planes were doing a brisk business. Haven't heard of any episodes, though.
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 7 of 19: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Nov 23, 2001 (23:35) * 1 lines
*Sigh* I am less than entusiastic to visit my son in California. Rather than never seeing him again, I will travel by air. I simply do not like the companions with whom I will be travelling. I used to LOVE flying!
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 8 of 19: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Dec 28, 2001 (10:01) * 7 lines
http://www.laughlab.co.uk/home.html
This study shows that Canadians are least likely to think jokes funny of
all nationalities. Germans are easiest to tickle, America isn't far
behind Germany.
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 9 of 19: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Dec 28, 2001 (11:10) * 5 lines
Tom Friedman has a
pretty sensible column in the Wednesday NYT about this. He suggests that
we fly naked, or face the consequences:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/26/opinion/26FRIE.html
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 10 of 19: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jan 9, 2002 (09:13) * 13 lines
fried again ;-(
Anthrax mail cleaning zaps digital gadgets
Digital dream gadgets are being irreparably zapped by an irradiation process
the U.S. Postal Service has used since October to sanitize mail against
anthrax threats, an electronics trade group said on Tuesday.
Compact flash memory cards used to store data on many name-brand digital
cameras and handheld computers face not just data loss but become entirely
inoperable when subjected to electron beam irradiation, the CompactFlash
Association said. --Reuters
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 11 of 19: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Mar 14, 2002 (22:53) * 5 lines
The Laugh lab link no longer works.
I've long espoused opposing generals be stripped naked to do their negotiating. I just don't want to be there taking notes when they do so. On the other hand... Maybe I do. GeoAnthropology is languishing and I could always use a good laugh.
I'm feeling better about flying since last November. I am looking forward to visiting California even if it is boring to fly 5 hours over the ocean with nothing to look at. I've not even seen whales from up there though I have looked!
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 12 of 19: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Mar 14, 2002 (22:56) * 1 lines
Terry, is that still true about my 64 KB digital camera flash card being fried? Thanks for the warning!
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 13 of 19: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Mar 15, 2002 (07:25) * 1 lines
Fill me in with more details, what's the background on this?
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Response 14 of 19: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Mar 15, 2002 (18:43) * 14 lines
In the 10th item of this topic you posted:
Anthrax mail cleaning zaps digital gadgets
Digital dream gadgets are being irreparably zapped by an irradiation process
the U.S. Postal Service has used since October to sanitize mail against
anthrax threats, an electronics trade group said on Tuesday.
Compact flash memory cards used to store data on many name-brand digital
cameras and handheld computers face not just data loss but become entirely
inoperable when subjected to electron beam irradiation, the CompactFlash
Association said. --Reuters
I was wondering if it still applies. I was about to order another flash card for my digital camera but decided I'd wait until I heard moer about it. It never occurred to me that it would fry the memory inside!
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 15 of 19: Stacey (stacey) * Sun, Nov 3, 2002 (04:56) * 3 lines
Our plans haven't changed but for the first couple months after the September 11th attacks, getting in and out of DIA was a bit of a circus. However, I found the San Antonio and Austin airports even harder to get through! I've been asked to drink out of unopened bottles, sippy cups and even a baby bottle. My shoes have been 'double run' and my carry on luggage (diaper bags) have been searched frequently.
I don't mind the inconvenience for the most part but I did find the 'drink from the cup' part pretty annoying at times (a practice they stopped back in April 2002).
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 16 of 19: Autumn (autumn) * Tue, Nov 5, 2002 (19:29) * 1 lines
Yuk! That breast milk can get pretty strong, LOL! My big problem is that I'm visiting a friend in Costa Rica who used to be in my organic food co-op. She asked me to bring several things along, all of which look like cocaine...aluminum-free baking powder, sea salt, etc... I'll probably get a total body cavity search. :-(
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 17 of 19: Stacey (stacey) * Mon, Nov 11, 2002 (15:00) * 1 lines
Omigosh! I can hardly wait to hear how that goes!!
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 18 of 19: Autumn (autumn) * Thu, Nov 21, 2002 (14:41) * 1 lines
Turns out Costa Rican customs was only interested in one thing--fruit! When I indicated on the form that I was bringing food items into the country, all the customs officer said was, "Frutta??" When I said no, no frutta, she waved us through. Gotta love that!
Topic 52 of 63 [travel]: Travel in the Post Attack World
Response 19 of 19: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Dec 13, 2002 (18:00) * 3 lines
You cannogt believe how often I am singled out for body searches. I appear so much like white bread that I prove they are not racial profiling. I hate being the squeaky clean example all the time. The last lady who did me commented that I must have "done this" before. Yup. Just about every time!
Great going on the frutta, Autumn. It sounds like California.
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