The 'Dark Winter' is At the Door

   There’s been chatter for the past several months from many sources predicting we are headed into what they call a “Dark Winter.”  That sounds ominous, but no one, to the best of my knowledge, has ever said exactly what they mean when they say a “Dark Winter.”  Even one of the presidential candidates (and I will let you guess which one) stated during the last debate that we are heading into a “Dark Winter.”  Not that we “might” be — that we ARE.  So what exactly does that MEAN?
 
   A quick internet search immediately brought THIS up from Wikipedia:   “Operation Dark Winter was the code name for a senior-level bio-terrorist attack simulation conducted from June 22–23, 2001.  It was designed to carry out a mock version of a covert and widespread smallpox attack on the United States.”  Wikipedia goes on to state: “Dark Winter was focused on evaluating the inadequacies of a national emergency response during the use of a biological weapon against the American populace. The exercise was solely intended to establish preventive measures and response strategies by increasing governmental and public awareness of the magnitude and potential of such a threat posed by biological weapons.”
 
   Huh.  So why are s ...

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