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To: long-gone who wrote (46369)	12/29/1999 5:47:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116984

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PANIC IN THE YEAR ZERO Official Y2K emergency First time every response center in nation is activated and on job -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Julie Foster ¸ 1999 WorldNetDaily.com For the first time in history, every emergency response center in the nation is activated and on the job for possible Y2K emergencies -- a phenomenon no other disaster has created. "Having all 50 states and all federal emergency centers up and ready to respond has to be historic," said John Koskinen, the head of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion. Many states, including California, have called the National Guard into service over the New Year's holiday weekend. In addition to preparing to deal with Y2K disruptions, the Guard will be ready to respond to incidents of domestic terrorism. Should a terrorist attack occur, the FBI will be the lead federal agency, whereas the Federal Emergency Management Agency would be responsible for "consequence management," said FEMA spokeswoman Mary Margaret Walker. FEMA will have 600 people working at its Washington, D.C. headquarters and 10 regional centers, including one in San Francisco, through Jan. 4. The agency claims it will step in only if asked to do so by a state. "What is unusual about it is that all of our regions are activated at once," Walker said. "When there is a particular event, there may be one or two regions operating. Here we have all 10. This is certainly not business as usual." Business as usual is what many are predicting will happen when the clock strikes midnight around the world on Friday. But officials in Washington, D.C. are not taking any chances. Although the official government advice to Americans has been to "prepare for a winter storm," that is, for two or three days without vital services, at the last minute, now, the ante is being raised. District of Columbia officials are urging residents to prepare for more than a week without private and public services as the new year approaches. In fact, the D.C. Emergency Management Agency's "Y2K Preparedness Guide" advises the public to "set aside enough cash to meet living expenses for at least a one-month period" and "consider renting or purchasing a generator." (cont) worldnetdaily.com