TERROR WARNING SYSTEM
Easing anxiety or feeding the frenzy? Well, we're doing it to keep people on the look-out for kidnapped children ("Amber Alert"). Maybe it would work as well to do the same thing for terrorist alerts. At least the people in charge are thinking outside the box.

From Reuters - "Because media broadcasts may spread news too slowly in emergencies, a group of U.S. security experts recommended on Monday that Americans carry government-issued beepers for alerts of pending nuclear attack, biological threat or tornado.

"Partnership for Public Warning, a 30-member panel including representatives of the FBI and American Red Cross, said a national system could send warnings to citizens via their pagers, mobile phones or computer screens."