Security Warnings for Americans in Germany 4/20/07
Apr 21st, 2007, 01:27 PM
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Security Warnings for Americans in Germany 4/20/07
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...-US-Terror.php
Is this something we should be worried about? Were planning on being in Munich and Germany Alps region in a few weeks.
Wife saw this report and now cannot stop worrying. Any thoughts?
Is this something we should be worried about? Were planning on being in Munich and Germany Alps region in a few weeks.
Wife saw this report and now cannot stop worrying. Any thoughts?
Apr 21st, 2007, 01:35 PM
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Hi P,
Stop worrying.
This is solely a CYA announcement.
It follows on the worldwide announcement of April 10.
See http://tinyurl.com/a6s8u
Stop worrying.
This is solely a CYA announcement.
It follows on the worldwide announcement of April 10.
See http://tinyurl.com/a6s8u
Apr 22nd, 2007, 01:42 PM
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Warnings like this are coming out all the time. If you pay attention to every such warning you will never go anywhere.
There is no place in this world where your safety is guaranteed. Go on with life and don't worry about it.
There is no place in this world where your safety is guaranteed. Go on with life and don't worry about it.
Apr 22nd, 2007, 03:05 PM
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Alan, your point about chicken little is well taken. I have lost count of how many times I was planning a trip and the US government issued a warning about the place I was going. I just don't pay attention anymore, because am I really any safer by staying in the US?
Apr 22nd, 2007, 03:16 PM
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That's very foolish, PM, to disregard travel announcements and warnings-tourists have been killed for doing the same thing-but yes, to answer your question, in terms of terrorist attacks, you are absolutely safer in this country than in Europe-of that, there is no question.
Apr 22nd, 2007, 03:43 PM
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Safer in the US than in Western Europe? I wonder. At least Western Europe gun murders are a lot less then in the US. But anyway, everything is a gamble. Insurance statistics use to show people are more apt to be injured or killed at home or within 5 miles of their home (due to accidents or crime) then anywhere else. I don't know if the statistics have changed or not. Anyway penne, go and enjoy Germany. I too saw that article..it wouldn't stop me from visiting Germany.
Apr 22nd, 2007, 03:55 PM
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I personally feel safer in Europe than I do walking some of the city streets here in the US. Terrorist attacks can happen anywhere, but random street violence doesn't seem to be much of a problem in Europe when compared to the US, mostly because one can't just go out and buy a firearm at a moment's notice.
I also look at the travel warnings but tend to take them with a grain of salt unless the US elevates the level due to recent activity. It seems like half the places in the world have some sort of travel warning attached to them. Just use common sense and you should be fine.
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I also look at the travel warnings but tend to take them with a grain of salt unless the US elevates the level due to recent activity. It seems like half the places in the world have some sort of travel warning attached to them. Just use common sense and you should be fine.
Tracy
Apr 22nd, 2007, 03:59 PM
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I'd wager that the number of tourists who've been killed for disregarding these routine travel warnings is FAR lower than the number of tourists who've been killed just by being somewhere at the wrong time when no such warning has been given.
At any rate, you can walk out your front door and be hit by a bus on any given day or be the victim of a drive-by shooting (something I don't think happens ever, if at all, in Europe). I can't ever see altering my travel plans for one of these piss-ant warnings. Unless full-scale war has broken out in my travel destination, I'm on that plane!
At any rate, you can walk out your front door and be hit by a bus on any given day or be the victim of a drive-by shooting (something I don't think happens ever, if at all, in Europe). I can't ever see altering my travel plans for one of these piss-ant warnings. Unless full-scale war has broken out in my travel destination, I'm on that plane!
