The mass shooting near Mandalay Bay

I’m actually all for this..I see no reason for people to have multiple bags and backpacks on them, when just “wondering the strip”

 

My son and I had a similar incident at BWI a couple of years ago, but it went way differently. Someone had left a duffel bag near the luggage carousel. We reported it to a security guard walking by and next thing we knew they had dogs and TSA was surrounding it and clearing the area. Turned out it was just a bag someone had accidentally left behind for 2 hours. They had come back for it as it was being inspected. They had a to answer lots of questions. It made our 6 hour layover more interesting to say the least.

 

i got a you tube video in my email about a cab driver that was in the area.....
you would not believe the comments below it from the conspiracy people..

i won't post the link, but they are out there...way way out there.

 

Went to the bank yesterday to get my bankroll. I got my first "you're still going after all that, wow" comments.

I'm sure it won't be the last

 

I don't have the stats, but regularly guns and other dangerous items are confiscated at the security check areas in airports. Of course, the owners claim they forgot they had them in their carry on bags. Breaches in the security have taken place, usually without incident. But, to answer your question, I am not putting the perception of security on TSA or any other agency. Rather, the process of being vigilant in ridding airports of dangerous potential situations that could be carried further into a plane, regardless of the safety in the cockpits.
Your feeling that people travelling on planes are not threatening and that the environment in an airport is largely safe, needs to be compared to hotels, since we're discussing that as well. There is virtually no perception of security screening in the hotel industry for guests checking in. After an event as we just experienced, this makes hotels potentially more vulnerable than airports, with the airport security that exists. So, is this isolated incident going to just be taken in stride and dismissed as an anomaly? The airport security measures were originally put in place to thwart a hijacker from carrying out a plan onboard a plane. The public needed to travel and it needed oversight and processes to maximize safety. Hotels, on the other hand, have never considered the need to screen what is carried into the guest rooms. There may be signs posted regarding this issue.but, without enforcement and scrutiny, anything goes apparently. And, the solution being discussed is so outrageous, searching luggage before a person is allowed to go to their room, that the knee-jerk reactions are impractical and probably unnecessary.

 

Merely as a point of reference. I was assigned to replace an in-house Systems Engineer (who was on vacation) at Rhythms Netconnections in Englewood, CO the week of April 19th, 1999.

That was the week of the Columbine High School massacre. (April 20, 1999) It was only 15 miles away. That was a very rough week to work.

 

that video is all over, nothing special with it, and the conspiracy people will never stop for any major incident...hell they leaked out pictures of the shooter after he killed himself...

 

Wow, local news
Look how close the MB is to the airport with the President coming in.

 

That is so so good. <3 Proud of those puppies, helping people feel better.

Good dogs.

 

Not sure I understand your post. Are you saying the local news pointed out how close MB was to the airport he was coming to? Yeah, all news outlets do dumb ass things like that ALL THE TIME. There are no proper gatekeeper type editors in there anymore who filter/prevent that stuff before it gets said/printed. I miss the days of the REAL journalists and editors. Have you read any of the accounts of Woodward and Bernstein and the whole watergate reporting? They really agonized over things before printing them. If that was today some schmuck twit would have tweeted it before Deepthroat even left the garage. Verification be damned. Just like we’ve seen played out here with this tragedy. News outlets getting info from social media and then reporting it. It doesn’t help when they say “as seen on social media” because people don’t hear that part and just think what was said was fact.

 

Oh yeah there’s always conspiracy theory doesn’t matter people will come up with it... all kinds excuses.
Anyhow, I really wonder what triggered this guy to commit such evil act? What’s crazy is that he really planned this out? What a freaking mad man!

 

I sure hope so. That's what it is.

 

I've spent more time reflecting on this tragedy in this thread than I have accessing cable and network news, Twitter feeds, YouTube vids and chasing after the bounty of spurious websites where crackpots and conspiracy nuts (interchangeable, I know) hold forth. For me, I never get the fixation. Maybe it's the hard-news guy in me; give me the Times, the Journal. What truly is to learn or absorb in the massed clutter and the minutiae? Once we take in the toll on humanity, do we really gain anything from knowing what type of toothpaste the fucker used?

 

I carry a small leather back pack purse when in vegas to carry my personal items and anything I may buy along the way.

 

I got asked if I would being going back again.. I replied with a definite yes. Although with my Atlantic City trip this month I wont be back in Vegas until Feb. I do wish that I had the time to go sooner. I would go back tomorrow if I could.

 

It's where we are at now. It's sad. I watched some of the news shows, and they are simply ghouls. Asking horrified witnesses to this tragedy, "Did you see any bodies?"

"What were you feeling at that time?"

Just sick.

Then, they loop footage of bodies being carted off by other guests for us.

Sad.

 

Hi @smerrian... just wanted to check in with you. How are you feeling? Head over to go see a counselor if possible. Very possible to experience acute stress even if you weren't directly exposed to what was happening outside, and speaking to someone pretty quickly can help you figure out if you need to seek out some more counseling when you get back home. Don't negate your experience. Take care of yourself.

 

What are they supposed to ask?

How is your day going?
What did you have for breakfast?
Why are you so sweaty?

They've agreed to be interviewed. Both sides know the deal.

 

I know this is a different time but it just amazes me that everyday people are taking video, knowing that people are being shot next to them. I would think people would have more important things to do rather than taking video.