19 Days after the Attack on America

September 30, 2001

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Hi everyone!

I have edited the date on this newsletter three times, now, and it's just time to send it.   I want you all to know that I really appreciate each of you for subscribing.  We're 354 strong, and I hope that you will find this newsletter informative and helpful in your daily computer activities.  Today, I'd like to comment on a few important issues that I have discovered in the last few days.

Did you know that on September 11th, 2001, 25,000 - 30,000 people escaped from the World Trade Center?  This was reported by the mayor of New York on David Letterman.  I was shocked and thankful to hear this.  What a miracle?  30,000 walked out with dignity and respect for each other, no one was trampled, people were helping each other and moving down as many as 90 flights of stairs in an orderly fashion.  Gotta love it!!  I just wanted you all to hear something positive.

There are some real healing things we can do to get through this:

1. Put one foot in front of the other, and go about your regular routines.  Just do it.  You will feel better eventually.

2. Talk about this as much as you need to.  All Americans (others from other countries) feel the pain and uncertainty, whether they knew someone or not that died in the World Trade Center disaster.

3.  Don't make any huge life decisions at this time.  We are all in an emotional state, and you need to just get through the day, and save the heavy stuff for a calmer time in your life.

4.  Patience, love, and caring for one another.

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Some practical advice for your computer:

1.  Keep your anti-virus software updated.  There will be some sick people that take this time to try to wreak more havoc in your lives with a stupid computer virus.

2.  Realize that there is going to be some untrue emails going around.  Check out some strange pictures, and emails at http://www.snopes.com/
 wondering about something newly arrived in e-mail, feed a few keywords from it to our search engine at http://www.snopes.com/search 
The Attack on American has given rise to numerous rumors, some true, some not.  You can keep up with them through our Rumors of War page at http://www.snopes.com/rumors/rumors.htm .


Here are hyperlinks to many "legends" that are circulating right now, courtesy of the "SNOPES NEWSLETTER".  

No, the U.S. is not asking its citizens to light a candle at a specified time and date as a show of solidarity.  (18 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/hoaxes/candle.htm

About the seemingly impressive array of 11s that can be shaken out of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.  (18 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/fracture/numbers.htm

Widely circulated essay from Tamim Ansary, an Afghan American.
(18 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/ansary.htm

A U.S. company banned its employees from displaying American flags.
(17 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/flagban.htm

About the rumor that a man trapped in the World Trade Center rode the falling debris to safety. (16 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/hoaxes/survivor.htm

Can you can aid the search for Osama Bin Laden by donating money to a band of Estonian hackers?  (16 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/binladen.htm


Television evangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson said that liberal civil liberties groups, feminists, homosexuals and abortion rights supporters bear partial responsibility for the terrorist attacks on the USA because their actions have turned God's anger against America. (16 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/falwell.htm


Did CNN use old footage to fake images of 'Palestinians dancing in the street' after the terrorist attack on the USA?  (16 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/cnn.htm


Did a hip-hop group release an album depicting an exploding World Trade Center on the cover?  (15 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/photos/thecoup.htm


Images of the World Trade Center fire reveal the face of Satan! (14 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/photos/wtcface.htm


A "quick fix" remedy of adding a !0000 to your e-mail address book will prevent you from mailing out some viruses, but not the bulk of them.  (12 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/virus/quickfix.htm


Glurge: Badly wounded soldier informs his parents about his life-altering injuries under the guise of telling them about a friend.  (12 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/military/amputee.htm


Internet falsehood: A Nostradamus prophecy about the fall of "two
brothers" (meaning the World Trade Towers) predicts the imminent start
of World War III.  (12 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/hoaxes/predict.htm


Opera singer reads embarrassingly misprinted lyrics.
(10 September 2001)

        http://www.snopes2.com/sex/penile/opera.htm



Still Haunting the Inbox
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Virus announcement and virus hoax e-mails are afoot! We try to keep current on them and do our best to point readers to authoritative links confirming or debunking them.

          http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/virus/virus.htm


No, folks are not dropping dead left, right, and center after receiving a deadly toxin in a blue envelope.  The dreaded Klingerman Virus hoax is back, this time thoughtfully attributed to the Kinderman Foundation, Kricker Group, and Leberman Foundation, in addition to the original
(and wholly fictitious) Klingerman Foundation.  The hoax first scared the bejeezus out of folks in May 2000, and is back now because heightened fears about the possibility of biochemical warfare have reawakened it.

    http://www.snopes2.com/toxins/klinger.htm


Seems like everyone has become the recipient of mysterious e-mails promising untold wealth if only one helps a wealthy African quietly move millions of dollars out of his country.  The venerable Nigerian scam has discovered the goldmine that is the Internet.  Beware -- there's still no such thing as "something for nothing," and the contents of your bank account will end up with these wily Africans if you fall in with this.

          http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm


No, there is still no Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville Police Department who is warning folks about HIV-laden needles affixed to gas pump handles.  This hoax that was all the rage in June of last year has been revived for another go-round.  Some versions now put the fictitious Captain Sands with the Buffalo Police Department.

          http://www.snopes2.com/horrors/mayhem/gaspump.htm


No one is trying to get "Touched By An Angel" cancelled, nor is there a plot afoot to remove all mentions of religion from the airwaves.  This tomfoolery has been around for more than *25 years* and there was never anything to it, even while Madalyn Murray O'Hair was alive.  (The latest versions of this petition now include the information that O'Hair is dead but go on to assert the threat of the loss of Christian programming is real anyway.  It ain't.)

        http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/petition/fcc.htm



3. Remember, many wonderful patriotic emails, and pictures are out there, so don't close yourself off from the positive things circulating. 

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I'll get back to a normal newsletter next month, I promise.  Until then, be cautious, and optimistic with you email.  Update your anti-virus definitions, and let's try to get back to something called "normal".  I've got two very exciting products to tell you all about next month.  I may divide the newsletter into two segments.  Hope that's okay with you all, don't want to overwhelm you with too much information. 

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