Well now with Reuters picking it up, we'll start to hear about it in mainstream publications. Guess this will make it more real and believable for some ...
NEW YORK(Reuters)- The U.S. National Guard, in preparation for possible Y2K disruptions, will for the first time stage a nationwide communications drill to ensure they can keep in touch if phones, e-mail and faxes fail, officials said Wednesday.
During the first week of May, National Guard commanders across the United states will assume it is New Year's Day 2000 and the phones are down.
These so-called weekend warriors will test high-frequency radios to make sure the Guard's Washington headquarters can communicate with headquarters in 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia.
''This is the first time they've done a communications exercise assuming you're not able to use traditional communications equipment,'' National Guard spokesman Jack Hooper said in a telephone interview from Washington ...
Two of Washington's top Y2K trouble-shooters on Tuesday said they are now more concerned about the risk of public panic than a collapse of the national infrastructure ...
Both experts said one of their top priorities is averting a ''public overreaction'' that could prompt a massive run on banks, gas stations and mutual funds ahead of the turn of the century...
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Here's something I previously posted re the above:
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From my files on Y2K, national guard, military, FEMA, etc.
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Cheryl
P.S. I can't believe Koskinen used "gas stations" in his comment. IMHO reference to runs on gas stations, at this point in time, is what will contribute to "panic". How do you spell r-a-t-i-o-n-i-n-g?
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