11/5    I crossed the Dumbarton bridge westbound this morning.  Not a single
        Coast Guard or cop I saw along the way.  What tight security.
        \_ I drove my van across the Bay Bridge on Sunday. I saw a lot of
           Coast Guards but no one checked my van. What tight security.
        \_ the best security is security you dont see
           \_ Really... what... are the military using thier high tech
              cloaking device or holding on underneath the bridge? or do
              they have sniper men miles away....
              \_ It's like the CDA in Monsters Inc. When shit happens, they
                 just appear 3 seconds later.
        \_ You expected every truck and van to be stopped?  Because of some
           vague warning?  Yes, let's just stop everything everywhere because
           hey, ya know, something *might* happen.
           \_ This is why Davis should have kept his mouth shut.
        \_ Because it wasn't targeted. The Bay Bridge and Golden Gate were.
           I drive the SM and there are CHP patrol cars at both ends.
           \_ I usually take the San Mateo Bridge, but these few days I am so
              so paranoid that I take Dumbarton instead.
           \_ that's fine. But if they don't stop my van when I crossed
              Bay Bridge, how are they going to stop simultaneous attack
              on the bridges? Dumb fucks.
                \_ The bridges were built to withstand 7.0 earthquakes.
                   There's not much your van can do to seriously damage them.
                   The real risk is the cables on the suspension bridges.
                   \_ You think if Timothy McVeigh could make one trunk bomb
                      that could cut through the multi-story fed building like
                      a cake, the Al Qaida folks can't make the same bomb and
                      blow a big hold on the bridge surface(s)?
                      blow a big hold on the bridge surface (or two surfaces if
                      they explode it on lower-deck Bay Bridge)?  Besides, for
                      the suspension ones, if the cables are gone, the bridge
                      falls, right?