In a mild panic, I started reading a yahoo article entitled
" Man sought for taking photos of refineries". The man apparently was seen taking photos in Texas City, which is about 30 miles south of here. You may remember that Texas City has the dubious distinction of being the site of the largest industrial accident in the United States. Nearly 600 people died in 1947 when an uncontrolled fire hit a ship full of ammonium nitrate and a few chemical plants. My dad--who was sitting in a kindergarden classroom over 50 miles away--was knocked out of his chair by the blast and still bears scars from the flying glass, so I'm not really comforted at the distance from here to Texas City if something were to happen there.
Anyhow, the guy who is investigating the photographer seems competent, and I'm comforted that he's not leaving any avenue unexplored. "This is based on the idea that al Qaeda does its homework," Clawson said. "That's not to say we don't have enough home-grown idiots already who might want to do something."
Here's hoping that it's a harmless idiot.
