The White House and Capitol are being evacuated

[Kontiki]

I've always been curious - what exactly happens to the warning shots (or any other misses in a combat situation)? Presumably they must eventually fall to earth - surely there must be some cases of people getting injured or killed by ordinance falling from thousands of feet.

[Spiffor]

The real non-Event is here

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Kontiki
I've always been curious - what exactly happens to the warning shots (or any other misses in a combat situation)? Presumably they must eventually fall to earth - surely there must be some cases of people getting injured or killed by ordinance falling from thousands of feet.

There are two possibilities:

- self destruction after a certain time in the air
- little parachutes that allow the bullets to touch down safely and to be recycled for the next mission (same as with those boosters of the Space Shuttle)

[Timexwatch]

Too bad the guys didn't take off an hour sooner, then I would've been able to duck a godawful subcommittee meeting this morning....

On a more serious note, being as it is that I work across the street from the White House, apparently the Secret Service was supposedly barring people from exiting the building Talk about a tightening of security!

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by MrFun
Lame attempt at making a funny joke.

I wasn't joking.

Originally posted by Spiffor

Why do you want the death of so many clerks, secretaries or janitors?

Are they really innocent? Perhaps. But, like the workers in the death star, they must die for the greater good.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by General Ludd


I wasn't joking.

And now you're doing worse by joking about not joking.

[General Ludd]

You wouldn't know a joke if you made one yourself.

[MrFun]

If it makes you feel better by posting such drivel, I guess more power to you.