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More tales from the terror twilight zone: During my layover in Charlotte, NC back on December 13, a taped announcement on the airport intercom repeatedly reminded travelers to watch their luggage carefully, as the Dept. of Homeland Security had just raised the terror alert level. This was somewhat alarming, as I'd heard nothing of this while leaving Philadelphia earlier that morning. My god, an increase in the terror alert right in the middle of my travels! But when I got to Athens, TN, in the afternoon, my friend there had heard nothing about it. I checked the news: nothing. Ha ha, apparently the Charlotte airport was playing an old announcement. What a gag! And passing through the same airport on December 18th, they were still playing it, but they couldn't fool an experienced traveler like me, not this time, brother.

Three days later, the Dept. of Homeland Security really did raise the threat level, making the Charlotte airport announcement, assuming they were still playing it, suddenly valid, like the stopped clock that's right twice a day. So is there some total slacker/paranoiac on the Charlotte airport staff who figures "up, down, what the hell, they're gunna raise that fucking level again sometime, so why bother updating the announcement?" Anybody else passed through there lately?
posted by Red at 4:18 PM