Good show, bad idea.

Last night there was a program on the National Geographic Channel about Grand Central Station. Most of it was about the history of Grand Central, and how and why it was conceived and built. Did you know that the Grand Central that stands today was not the first Grand Central? I didn't. The original was a much different structure built to accommodate steam trains. When the trains switched over to electric power, Grand Central had to be re-conceived and reconstructed. Anyway, that was all very interesting and it's nice to know these things about New York's history, but that's not the point I want to make here. The rest of the program was all about how Grand Central works. They covered the "secret" power-control room, the "secret" generator rooms, numerous little nooks and crannies, the hole in the ceiling of the Grand Concourse, "secret" tunnels and trains, security cameras, bomb threat measures, future expansion projects, and then to top it all off, they did a segment on how much of a threat terrorism is and how easy a target Grand Central would be. They said specifically that taking out Grand Central would effectively shut down New York City. This, after revealing all the "secrets" about how the place works, so now anyone interested in taking out Grand Central has a virtual instruction manual on how to do it. HELLO?! What are they thinking? In this day and age when terrorism is a very real threat, why would they air a program like this? It certainly doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling of safety and security. In fact, it made me glad that I really don't have to go there all that often. I can appreciate the entertainment value of programs like this, I watch them all the time, but I think they should probably cut back a bit on the behind-the-scenes stuff. Here's a link to the web page about the show, if anyone's interested.