RCMP on alert for Y2K disaster
ottawacitizen.com
<< Preparing for the worst, the RCMP has taken the unusual step of issuing a nationwide ban on all vacation and leave to ensure a full force is available to fight the millennium bug.
The ban, which stretches from Dec. 27, 1999, to March 15, 2000, is part of the RCMP's emergency preparedness strategy to "expect the unexpected and work for the worst case scenario," said Dave Morreau, who heads the RCMP's Year 2000 project.
"I'm not Chicken Little saying the sky is falling, but we are likely to have problems so we have to make sure, as a national police force, that we are ready for whatever happens," said Mr. Morreau.
Mr. Morreau said the RCMP isn't braced for a major disaster, but "it's only prudent and precautionary" for the force to prepare for the worst with contingency plans to handle major disruptions to supplies of power, fuel, water, and communications. >>
Interesting.
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John
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