1. Since its creation, the Homeland Security Advisory System has been raised to Orange eight separate times and to Red one time. During these periods of elevated status, there were no attacks. Do you think that the absence of attacks makes citizens ignore future threats? Why or why not?
2. If you were the mastermind of a terrorist organization and wanted to strike your country/region, where and how would you strike and why?
3. What do you see as the biggest challenges facing emergency management at the federal, state or local level?
4. New technologies such as GPS, satellite telephones, and social networking sites are having a positive impact on emergency management. Describe some of the types of "realtime" information available to communities and give an example of a method of communicating a threat to residents.