Greetings From SG1 Art Dept

[Boydo]

My first visit to this chat group, Hope you can all make it here to Vancouver for Gatecon 2001. Not much work was accomplished in our dept. today, everybody very upset over World Trade Centre, we mostly just sat in our screening room watching the video feed from CNN.
We are just getting ready for the last episode of season five, and we are very pleased to be picked up for season six!
Sorry, but no exciting news to offer at this time, just needed a diversion from today's newscast and stumbled across this chat group.
It is now approaching 10:00 Vancouver time, and I have to be up at 5:00 am for work. Time to enter a deep state of kal'nor ree. (god I hope I spelled that right).
The world is still a bright and wonderous place.

 

[Rowan]

Welcome

Welcome, Boydo. Hope to see you at the Con.

 

[Anni]

Welcome from me too Boydo, and I think that yesterday you were in good company with most of the rest of the world, who sat shocked and glued to TV sets. I can assure you that everyone around me in the UK were shocked and quiet.

Many of us who are due to fly into Vancouver may obviously not get there depending upon whether the flights to across to your part of the world are resumed although I've just heard an unconfirmed report that they will resume at 5pm today UK time. I myself am due to fly into Dallas for a meeting on the 18th and then to Vancouver on the 19th, so I'm a little nervous about flying for the first time in my entire life. But life carries on! If I manage to get on my flights I expect to go through long security checks, although I travel on American Airlines a great deal and the security checks at Gatwick and Heathrow were VERY comprehensive even before this. Usually I have to go through at least two security checks before I get to check my baggage in. I imagine it will be a lot worse now.

But if I can be there, I will be there.

But I think that today and for the next few days most of us will be just feeling numb and angry and my thoughts are with every single American and especially everyone who has lost someone right now.

 

[padders]

Hi Boydo and welcome to the site.

I know how you feel, i spent all day yesterday watching tv feeling really quite awful. Such a tragedy.

 

[webmouse]

To Our Good Neighbors to the North

Would love to come to Vancouver, but I've never liked flying and yesterday has done nothing for my sense of confidence. Maybe when GateCon gets a little closer (I live in the DC area) -- hmm Toronto would be nice.

After checking up on friends who work in the Pentagon and dealing with my angry teenage son, I've decided to put on some SG1 and relax.

My son wants to move to Canada because no one is blowing them up -- must have something to do with all that innate politeness.

 

[Anni]

Flying is not what isn't safe...... It's as safe technically as getting on a bus or driving in a car. The fact is that this wasn't caused by the planes failing, but by human actions.

But if hopefully the US initiate better security on their domestic flights than they have had then perhaps hijackers wouldn't be able to take the planes over so easily.

I've travelled quite extensively both internally through the US and on transatlantic flights. The security in airports outside of the US is much more comprehensive and stringent than any I have had to go through in US airports. I for one, would be quite willing to add a couple of hours onto my check in time and undergo very stringent security checks if it meant that this horrific situation could be avoided. I'd much rather be safe than sorry

Sounds like your son is afraid. Understandably so, and it's a crying shame. No one should be afraid in their own homes...

 

[padders]

the easiest solution to the problem would be:

- no hand language
- pat down body searches of each person. takes probably 30 seconds per person.

Otherwise, the captains should have locked doors that they are unable to open (apparently they opened them because people were being killed by the attackers) without an override from air traffic control (for example in the case of a heart attack or something of a pilot).

Something else would be control of the plane from the ground, so that air traffic control can over ride captains control...

there must be ways to increase security.

 

[webmouse]

Thanks, Anni

I know that flying is as safe as most other forms of transport, but with lax security and over-worked staff, there are bound to be all sorts of mistakes. Flying back from London I was impressed by the precautions taken at Heathrow.

My son will get over this. We live in the Maryland suburbs of DC and are not in any sort of prime target zone. Just with each thing like this the city shuts down and turns into an armed camp.

 

[pamie]

Originally posted by Anni


But I think that today and for the next few days most of us will be just feeling numb and angry and my thoughts are with every single American and especially everyone who has lost someone right now.

Yeah Im still trying to get my head around it all...I stayed up until around 3am just watching the news and trying to understand how something like this could happen.
It is a sad time for all...and my heart and prayers go out to all
It really makes me wonder what our world is coming too
It also makes me tell my family and friends that I love them a lot more and makes me realise just want it means to be able to do that

But welcome to Boydo...hope you enjoy your time here

 

[Gatecon]

A very welcome to you Boydo, I just got back from a meeting with John Smith yesterday, and he told us how Tuesday was there. So Sad

Anyway, I hope you are coming over to the convention... If you are, see Kim (You know the one I mean), and make sure you get a sticker off her.

See you then
Allan

 

[PTeppic]

Originally posted by padders
the easiest solution to the problem would be:

- no hand language
- pat down body searches of each person. takes probably 30 seconds per person.

Otherwise, the captains should have locked doors that they are unable to open (apparently they opened them because people were being killed by the attackers) without an override from air traffic control (for example in the case of a heart attack or something of a pilot).

Something else would be control of the plane from the ground, so that air traffic control can over ride captains control...

As you can imagine this is being discussed extensively in security/risk type groups right now, as well as officially.

However, I have ALREADY seen someone suffering from "no hand luggage" side-effects. They went on a two-step journey from UK to Germany, and their luggage went somewhere else. So - all their paperwork and docuemntation was in the hand-luggage, along with their emergency change of clothes, washing stuff, and stuff for the meeting they went out for. And this of course went with the hold luggage to some unknown location. There must be ways round this, but snap decisions such as this DO have side-effects, and must be though through...

My personal favourite is to remove the door to the cabin, and only have access from outside the plane! But this needs thinking about too.

 

[sha'uri's smile]

art department

Hi Boydo, glad to see you stop by. I was at Gatecon this year and had a wonderful time. I am from Allentown PA and have relatives all over new york and was hit hard by the tradgedy, but we have to move on and get past it and the con was a welcome distraction. I had the best time ever, made lots of new friends, and really got into the spirit of giving and sharing that went on at the con. I knew last year that all the people that work on the show were fantastic, both in front of the camera and behind it, but now I know even better that you guys really are the best around. I have a website of pics from the con and will have pics up of this one as well soon, you should check it out. It's http://kimsadventures.com Stop by any time and check out what's new, I'll try to post when gatecon 2001 is done. Let me know what you think. Later!! SS

 

[Rowan]

Welcome!

Welcome, Boydo! We all survived the Con [No, I'm not really speaking for you, Allan. You kept hiding behind stage. Smart man. ]

I was lucky enough to get a chance to tour the set Sunday morning [playing sheepdog. :} - Great to get out from behind the Registration Table] and was absolutely amazed how, from certain angles, how "real' things felt, from a military sense. I found myself rapping on the walls expecting cold concrete under that lovely beige paint that only the military seems to buy and starteling myself to hear plywood rap back. I know Rick [Gaffer and 'Tour Guide'] was amused by my reaction. And when you just clear the 'door' into the gate room and catch of the guns and rings mounts. The entire place is increadable.

You folks make great magic out there. Actually, I guess 'up there' would be more accurate, sine I'm down south of you in Tacoma, WA. I'm so very glad that I got to see a part of it and be a part of GateCon2001.

Look out for 2002 'coz here we come!

 

[CynVision]

Re: Welcome!

Originally posted by Rowan
Look out for 2002 'coz here we come!

That's dedication! Not even a month out and she's roaring to go back! Bottle some of that for Allan. :wink2:

 

[Rowan]

Next Year...

Sue Seeley said I had to have her presented with a certified copy of my death certificate to get out of working the con next year.

<......sigh.......>

 

[hyacintheve]

Glad you will be there next year, Rowan. Hopefully by then if I break another thumbnail, I'll be able to put the bandage on myself!

 

[Rowan]

Next Year

Hey! Those band-aids ae tricky things. Why do you think the ER charges so much for them.

 

[CynVision]

Re: Next Year...

Originally posted by Rowan
Sue Seeley said I had to have her presented with a certified copy of my death certificate to get out of working the con next year.
<......sigh.......>

So working GateCon is like being on the Supreme Court? A job for life?! oh what horror :wink2: rubbing elbows with celebs every year...

 

[CynVision]

if your connection can stream the bandwith of a MPG file, I have put up a little bit of the charity auction on my Gatecon page where DSD talks about the SG art department and someone that sounds awfully familiar...
www.silverdreams.org

Cyn

 

[hyacintheve]

Tape availability!!

Is the Gatecon video available now? I've been checking (at least I thought I was checking) the Gatecon website and I haven't seen anything!