Belgians respond to Brussels terror alert by flooding Twitter with cat pics

[buckworks]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/23/europe/paris-attacks-brussels-lockdown-cats/

The stream of cat pics was sparked when the country's federal police made a request on Twitter for the public to maintain silence about the ongoing counter-terror operations on social media, for fear of alerting potential targets of the raids to police movements.

Rather than give in to fear, Belgians responded on social media with a defiant sense of whimsy. And cat pictures -- lots and lots of cat pictures.

[Gurtie]

is hashtagging a little with #jesuischat , although I think #jesuischien pretty much stole the show!