They're Gonna Bomb Austin!

I surfed over to the the Department of Homeland Security website, ready.gov and couple of things jumped out at me.

First, it's beautifully designed. Nice layout, blank on white non-serif text, clean iconic images - much more elegant than most other government or commercial websites.

Second, some if the info makes you go "well, duh!". Stuff like "stay far away and get the heck out in case of a Nuclear Blast".

Third, what do they have against Austin? The page that informs you about Radiation Threat has a graphic showing a dirty bomb going off in Texas. Not in the middle of Texas. Not in Houston. No siree, right here at home in Austin. Is there something they are trying to tell us? Do I really need to make a duct-tape run to Home Depot?

Well, at least they have the Biological Threats spread all over Missouri which is a little farther away.