An on-going New York moment

There's a truck filled with explosives parked near the base of Trump Tower in New York City! But it's OK; it's clearly marked and there's a police presence around it. They're doing excavation blasting a block over. It's still a little unnerving. The truck itself seems to be an armored car, not very different from the ones used to pick up bank deposits, except that it's painted fire-engine red and is plastered with warnings. Would the armor help, in the event? I dunno. I don't think it's filled to the brim with explosives either. That would make a nice big hole. I guess my main worry is Stupid Taxi Tricks. Taxis make the impossible happen on a regular basis.

Comments

[Dennis Brennan]

You want unnerving? Here's something unnerving. I am having occasion to research some of the laws and regulations that relate to the transport of liquid natural gas. Such as the ships that, about three times a week, pass through Boston Harbor, between downtown Boston and Logan Airport, over two highway tunnels and under the U.S. 1 bridge.

'Nuff said about that, in case the bad guys read this.

[Charlie Stross]

Dennis, if the Bad Guys (TM) are reading the web in order to come up with ideas for how to hurt us, we've won. Such is the quality of most discussions of terror tactics on the internets. Flipside of coin: they're not likely to be that stupid.

I guess I'd be more worried about what Coyu is hinting about. Namely how to smuggle several tons of high explosives up against a skyscraper in NYC ... with a police escort.

[Carlos]

Well, we do have a wide readership.