We will Survive -- MIDRANGE-NONTECH

so far George W is doing ok and as a the title and a
rock group once said: WE WILL SURVIVE!!!!

In the meantime, prayers should go out to all and
until we know for SURE no Arabs should be allowed on
any planes....
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>    1. Stranded travellers (David.X.Kahn@gsk.com)
>    2. Re: Fwd: STRATFOR: Real-Time Analysis -
> Economics of the Attacks (Chuck Lewis)
>    3. Re: Fwd: STRATFOR: Real-Time Analysis -
> Economics of the Attacks (Chuck Lewis)
>    4. AA identification & PA passengers
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> Message: 1
> From: David.X.Kahn@gsk.com
> Subject: Stranded travellers
> To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:56:38 +0100
> Reply-To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
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> It occurs to me that with no flights in or out of
> the US there will be a
> lot of stranded people running out of funds, and
> some of us might be able
> to help our colleagues out. Perhaps this list could
> serve as a clearing
> house for offering assistance to stranded
> midrangers. So if there are any
> of you stuck in or near London please feel free to
> give me a call at +44
> (0)7050 802 729.
>
> Dave....
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 07:44:09 -0500
> From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
> To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Fwd: STRATFOR: Real-Time Analysis -
> Economics of the Attacks
> Reply-To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
>
> I've heard that the reason these building fell down
> the way they did is that the way they were
> built, the "skin" gave them their structural
> strength so once that went...
>
> As far as the "Act of War" deal, not sure but an
> aside, we went into Korea AND Vietnam without an
> act of war... So folks that think something like
> that is stopping us - "hello" !
>
> Chuck
>
> MacWheel99@aol.com wrote:
>
> > --
> > Is "Act of War" covered by standard commercial
> insurance or by FEMA?
> >
> > >From NSDMG (National Security Decision Making
> Simulation Game) discussion
> > group =
> >
> > If this business with the WTC has anybody
> interested in structural
> > engineering, I'd recommend a couple of books, "Why
> Buildings
> > Stand Up" and "Why Buildings Fall Down" by Mario
> Salvadori.
> > They are fairly conversational, intended for the
> layman.  "Why
> > Buildings Fall Down" is, of course, the more
> fascinating of the two.
> > There's a lot of detective work involved in
> identifying structural
> > failures.  Salvadori includes a number of modern
> examples,
> > including the failure of the roof of the Kemper
> Arena in Kansas City,
> > the shedding skin of the Hancock Tower in Boston,
> and, of course,
> > the failure of the Tacoma Narrows bridge.
> >
> > MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
> >
> > --
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> > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:39:12 -0500 (CDT)
> > From: <alert@stratfor.com>
> > To: redalert@stratfor.com
> > Subject: STRATFOR: Real-Time Analysis - Economics
> of the Attacks
> >
> >
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> >
> >                           11 September 2001
> >
> > Explosions Cripple American Economy
> >
> > 1940 GMT, 010911
> >
> > The attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.,
> targeted
> > obvious symbols of American prestige and power:
> the World Trade
> > Center and the Pentagon. The attackers achieved a
> crippling blow
> > against America's economic infrastructure as well.
> >
> > New York City is one of the richest cities on the
> globe,
> > independently raking in more annually than all but
> the world's
> > most advanced states. In 1998, the city's budget
> exceeded that of
> > some major countries, including Russia.
> >
> > But New York is more than just a wealthy city of 8
> million
> > people. It is the financial capital of the world's
> largest
> > economy. As the significance of what happened in
> New York sank in
> > across the country, America's smaller exchanges
> closed down one
> > by one. But it is the New York Stock Exchange that
> moves global
> > financial events.
> >
> > Minutes after the attacks, authorities shut down
> the entire
> > island of Manhattan, virtually sealing it off from
> the rest of
> > the world. The NYSE, located a mere half mile from
> the collapsed
> > World Trade Center, has suspended operations until
> further
> > notice. That action alone set off secondary
> tremors in stock
> > exchanges the world over. By 11 a.m. CST, all
> active, major
> > global exchanges were registering sharp losses.
> >
> > Even with the ongoing global slowdown, America's
> market
> > capitalization is larger than its massive $10
> trillion GDP and
> > more than all other financial centers combined. A
> fair portion of
> > the value of that capitalization is sure to
> evaporate over the
> > next few days.
> >
> > The seemingly invincible dollar has lost its
> footing as well.
> > After regularly gaining against major currencies
> for the past few
> > years, the dollar dropped 1.8 percent against the
> euro and 1.5
> > percent against the yen. Since most of the world's
> $1.1 trillion
> > in daily foreign exchange trades take place in New
> York
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