I always know when we are on alert, because I live near a National Guard armory. If it isn't the third weekend of the month and there is no @#$%^&*!!!! place to @#$%^&**&!!!! park on my street because the guard is at the armory, we're on alert. We've been on alert since Thursday, but they didn't tell us until Monday. I think they didn't want to slow up the Christmas shopping season.