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To: cool who wrote (22320)	10/27/1998 8:10:00 AM
From: Giraffe	Respond to of 116826

Forces prepare for computer crash The Canadian Armed Forces have been ordered to spend the next 14 months preparing for what could be their biggest peacetime deployment - tens of thousands of troops spread across the country and frigates standing by in major ports - in case computer problems in 2000 bring civil chaos. The army is studying everything from the number of flashlights and batteries it will need if power is out for weeks to whether military air-traffic-control field equipment should be set up at civilian airports. Logistics officers are plotting where to position vehicles, fuel, tents, cots, ration packs and other supplies. Signals officers are trying to figure out how to keep high government officials in communication if commercial systems collapse. Rules for the use of force are being drafted should soldiers have to make arrests or back up police dealing with riots and looting.