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To: Karl Drobnic who wrote (27079)	1/26/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: Esoteric1	Respond to of 31646

*Remember This?* CANADIAN ARMY FEARS CIVIL CHAOS FROM MILLENIUM BUG Globe and Mail (Toronto) - October 27, 1998 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. Loistics officers are plotting where to position vehicles, fuel, tents, cots, ration packs and other supplies. Signal officers are trying to figure out how to keep high government officials in communication if commercial systems fail. Rules for the use of force are being drafted should soldiers have to make arrests or back up police dealing with riots and looting. As police, dire and other civilian emergency services make their own plans, military commanders have been told that meeting the threat of the Year 2000 bug is their highest priority and will be the focus of all training from January on. Equipment purchases that do not contribute to the effort are to be postponed... Navy captains have been told their ships may have to be docked to serve as garrisons, power plants, field hospitals and soup kitchens... The RCMP's (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) 16,000 officers have been told to book no time off from Dec. 27, 1999, to March 15, 2000, at least until the scope of the Y2K problem becomes clearer. FYI: Canada calls this military deployment "Operation Abacus" __________________________________________________________ Unfortunately Globe and Mail only keeps articles on-line for a week, and you have to order hard copies of articles for $15. I have the entire article which is very interesting, but for some reason have been unable to cut & paste onto my SI posts. I don't have time to type the whole thing. I have some info on a couple of other states and their National Guard plans, but don't have time to put here. I have to start packing cause I'm flying back to Oregon later today. Cheryl

To: Karl Drobnic who wrote (27079)	1/26/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: fma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Karl, great analysis ... again. I do not see it as a MEP agreement either,and aimed at govt rather than private industry --- and Canada is often held up as an example of a country advanced Y2K preparations!!! Can't get any real feel of the scope for TAVA however because we don't have any indication in the press release of the resources to be allocated to the project. Another wonderful PR opportunity going down as a drip rather than a spurt. fma