Athens at Work

We logged our first games yesterday. The US athletes to watch are definitely Michael Phelps - he stands to win 8 golds while he is here and pocket a million $$$ from Speedo if he can get at least 7. This guy has the wing span of an albatross and he cuts through the water like a shark. He's not even 21 yet! The women's soccer team is in their last hoorah. Mia Hamm, Judy Fowler and the girls have revolutionized women's soccer worldwide and some of them have been playing together since they were in middle school. The 2004 games may very well be their last events together before some head for the showers and enter retirement. Looking to win gold and go out with a bang. The US men's gymnasts, the Hamm twins should be swinging to a good show. And this Olympics marks the first time in forever and a day since Afghanistan and Iraq will once again be competing in the games. Bombs away! This brings me to the issue of security. We have lots of it. There are over 400 US special forces implanted into the Atheni culture that have been living here for a number of years. Dozens of countries are working together to supply a massive ground force. We regularly see the Hellenic Police or others toting AK-47's at an entrance or checkpoint. But the underground security is the impressive thing. Remote sensors for radioactivity have created map views of all radioactive hot beds in a radius around Athens. If any material begins to "move", security can isolate it and destroy quickly. Many other measures have been put in place. Nothing is completely secure but the measures that have been taken are impressive. More to come. I'll be keeping everyone updated and hopefully sending some pics in the near future.