Texans were told not to be alarmed as a major city played host to a week-long “multi-agency” training exercise in preparation for a nuclear attack.
Friday afternoon, the FBI’s Houston, Texas field office released a public statement in conjunction with the city’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) regarding a five-day exercise beginning May 1. Meant to allay concerns over the presence of a large-scale operation, they assured no “risks to area residents.”
“A large-scale, multi-agency nuclear incident TRAINING EXERCISE will take place May 1-5 in southeast Houston and Harris County,” the statement read. “The training exercise will NOT pose risks to area residents. Please do not be alarmed by training-related activity.”
It continued by detailing the training area and said, “The training exercise will take place from in and around NRG Park/SH 288 to SH 146 to I-10 E to Hwy 225 and in and around Ellington Field. Please do not be alarmed by training-related activity, including presence of military personnel/aircraft and people in protective equipment.”
The training exercise will take place from in and around NRG Park/SH 288 to SH 146 to I-10 E to Hwy 225 and in and around Ellington Field. Please do not be alarmed by training-related activity, including presence of military personnel/aircraft and people in protective equipment.
— FBI Houston (@FBIHouston) April 29, 2023
Agencies involved included the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Houston Police Department and Harris County Sheriff’s Office as well as various fire and emergency management teams, Fox 26 reported.
“The exercise is an opportunity for participating entities to practice and enhance operational readiness to respond in the event of a nuclear incident in the United States or overseas,” OEM declared.
According to the Daily Mail, using nuclear weapons historian Alex Wellerstein’s NukeMap, a potential nuclear strike from North Korea using a 150-kiloton warhead, like that tested in 2017, would result in the death of nearly 130,000 people with fallout covering an area of three square miles.
The FBI did not specify why Houston was selected for the week-long training exercise but, as noted, Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base was included in the area for the activities.
While tensions abroad would seemingly justify readiness for the devastating impact that a domestic nuclear strike would produce, critics couldn’t help but call out the FBI’s recent training mishap where a Delta pilot had become the victim of what was meant to be a mock interrogation. As reported, “It took nearly an hour before the agents realized they went to the wrong room and uncuffed the pilot.”
Hopefully it will go better than the one they ran in Boston where they kicked in the wrong hotel room door and terrorized the occupant.
— Cecil Lamb (@CecilLamb) April 29, 2023
Others couldn’t help but feel alarmed in spite of the message from the agency as trust in the government has steadily been on the decline. Reactions were reminiscent of those following a public service announcement released by the New York City Emergency Management Department in July 2022 that alerted citizens to steps they should take should a nuclear strike hit the Big Apple.
“Don’t ask me how or why, just know that the big one has hit. Ok?” the presenter said before, “So what do we do?”
What do they know? Out of the blue, NYC releases intense PSA on what to do in a nuclear attack https://t.co/1q3DA8YMJn
— American Wire News (@americanwire_) July 12, 2022
EAS tests, military drills, and now FBI nuclear drills. What aren’t you telling us?
— Adrienne Paone (@adrienne_paone) April 30, 2023
If you’re telling me not to be alarmed, I’m alarmed
— Heidi, The End Times Scribe (@Heidilore76) April 29, 2023
Everyone should be alarmed that this training is happening, and we have a right to know why it is happening. There would be no training if there was no serious threat.
— Masks & HEPAs (@hepasNmasks) April 30, 2023
The pre-planned training exercise just so happened to fall at the same time a manhunt is underway for illegal immigrant and suspected murderer Francisco Oropesa, wanted for allegedly shooting five people in Cleveland, Texas, north of Houston.
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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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