Security Message for U.S. Citizens
Mar 4th, 2016, 08:43 AM
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Security Message for U.S. Citizens
I feel silly abiut asking here but here I go....I just got an email: "Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Worldwide Caution", and this includes Europe. I am travelling to Rome next month and I wanted to ask any of you living in Rome if I should be worried. I really do not want to cancel my trip... any input, feedback would be really appreciated.
Thanks
Viri
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Viri
Mar 4th, 2016, 08:54 AM
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It came from this address: [email protected]
U. S. Embassy Rome, Italy
Worldwide Caution
March 4, 2016
U. S. Embassy Rome, Italy
Worldwide Caution
March 4, 2016
Mar 4th, 2016, 09:06 AM
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What did the message say other than "worldwide caution" which has very little meaning. How did the rome embassy get your email address?
Does that mean don't go anywhere? Move to your basement?
I looked at the state department web site and don't see anything for Italy except a strike that happened in Jan 2016.
Does that mean don't go anywhere? Move to your basement?
I looked at the state department web site and don't see anything for Italy except a strike that happened in Jan 2016.
Mar 4th, 2016, 09:11 AM
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I would imagine it's this
http://travel.state.gov/content/pass...e-caution.html
nothing new, nothing specific, other than reminding all of the risk of terror attacks in all parts of the world
there probably will be further terror attacks somewhere in Europe
no, you shouldn't cancel your trip
http://travel.state.gov/content/pass...e-caution.html
nothing new, nothing specific, other than reminding all of the risk of terror attacks in all parts of the world
there probably will be further terror attacks somewhere in Europe
no, you shouldn't cancel your trip
Mar 4th, 2016, 09:20 AM
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I wouldn't worry about it. That's just an update on the worldwide caution in effect for several years:
http://travel.state.gov/content/pass...e-caution.html
Other countries issue similar warnings for travel in the USA.
http://travel.state.gov/content/pass...e-caution.html
Other countries issue similar warnings for travel in the USA.
Mar 4th, 2016, 09:36 AM
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Thank God, it is a warning valid only for US Citizens.
We Europeans can still travel in these unsafe areas - whole of Europe, no less.
Phew.
Good to read that terrorists have devised bombs that target US citizens only... They call these 'smart bombs' I'm sure.
We Europeans can still travel in these unsafe areas - whole of Europe, no less.
Phew.
Good to read that terrorists have devised bombs that target US citizens only... They call these 'smart bombs' I'm sure.
Mar 4th, 2016, 09:37 AM
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I received the same notification. It's just a general caution to US citizens traveling anywhere in the world.
To the OP, this is not the type or level of warning that should have you cancel your trip. Terrorist attacks existed last month and will next month and for the foreseeable future. Carry on.
To the OP, this is not the type or level of warning that should have you cancel your trip. Terrorist attacks existed last month and will next month and for the foreseeable future. Carry on.
Mar 4th, 2016, 09:38 AM
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Cancel your trip over a vague warning about danger that has existed for some decades now and will continue to be an issue as long as their are humans on this earth.
No. I wouldn't cancel.. and I have no plans to cancel my trip in May.. nor to advise my 19 yr old daughter who will be arriving in Rome in april.. ( backpacking with friends).
I suppose if I got a warning about a country about to go to war then I would cancel.. but for terrorism.. no , not because I don't think its a real danger, driving a car is a real danger too, but because the odds are it can happen anywhere ( as well the States now knows, even in their own country) and it can happen anytime, so the only way to avoid it would be to move to a cabin in the woods and never leave.
No. I wouldn't cancel.. and I have no plans to cancel my trip in May.. nor to advise my 19 yr old daughter who will be arriving in Rome in april.. ( backpacking with friends).
I suppose if I got a warning about a country about to go to war then I would cancel.. but for terrorism.. no , not because I don't think its a real danger, driving a car is a real danger too, but because the odds are it can happen anywhere ( as well the States now knows, even in their own country) and it can happen anytime, so the only way to avoid it would be to move to a cabin in the woods and never leave.
Mar 4th, 2016, 09:47 AM
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These warnings are alarming but serve no purpose that I can see. You can get blown up in Rome, sure. Or Ankara. Or Paris. Or NYC. Surely we all know that by now!
What the OP is asking is reasonable: does this email mean something specific that I missed in the news?
It doesn't. So why do they send it??
What the OP is asking is reasonable: does this email mean something specific that I missed in the news?
It doesn't. So why do they send it??
Mar 4th, 2016, 10:11 AM
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I received two of those warnings this week, one specific to France and the other one about the whole world "including Europe."
The first one came from the usual address: [email protected]
The second one came from: [email protected]
These messages always says the same thing, and I imagine that they are just legal protection for the U.S. government from being sued by any of us if something bad happens. We can't say that they never warned us.
The first one came from the usual address: [email protected]
The second one came from: [email protected]
These messages always says the same thing, and I imagine that they are just legal protection for the U.S. government from being sued by any of us if something bad happens. We can't say that they never warned us.
Mar 4th, 2016, 10:33 AM
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"These messages always says the same thing, and I imagine that they are just legal protection for the U.S. government from being sued by any of us if something bad happens. We can't say that they never warned us."
Yes, exactly. It's just a technicality. When a general travel caution is issued they are set for present time through a certain date. When that date comes they must renew or reset the date to keep the caution current. When it is renewed people will often get a notification either by email if they are on the books somehow or on Facebook, like I did because I follow the state page.
It may appear to the person receiving the notification to be a new warning and they might think it is a good idea to ask around, find out more info about it. This is a completely normal thing to do and a silly thing to make fun of.
Yes, exactly. It's just a technicality. When a general travel caution is issued they are set for present time through a certain date. When that date comes they must renew or reset the date to keep the caution current. When it is renewed people will often get a notification either by email if they are on the books somehow or on Facebook, like I did because I follow the state page.
It may appear to the person receiving the notification to be a new warning and they might think it is a good idea to ask around, find out more info about it. This is a completely normal thing to do and a silly thing to make fun of.
