Carnage in London

Woke up this morning at around 8 and saw the coverage on MSNBC of the attacks in London. My first concerns were about the American subways system, particularly in New York City and Washington, DC.

A small comfort may be that one lesson the terrorists learned from 9/11 is that because the American government reacts quickly to attacks (ie grounding all flights within an hour after the first plane hit World Trade Center), even if the terrorists were to plan on striking our mass transit systems, they would not choose to do so on the same day they hit the London systems. They would much rather hit us in one big surprise attack when we least expect it rather than to plan to hit us on the same day as they hit a European target, thus giving us 5 hours of head start to prepare our precautions.