[Mad Dawg]

How authoritative/reliable is this account? Does it leave anything out? How does it square with other postings that Chertof (sp? sorry -- in haste) could have taken command w/o local permission?

I just want to be sure my cannon are sound and properly charged before I start firing them.

[cookcounty]

Check with emac.org

(Emergency Management Assistance Compact, set up by Congress, which governs these issues.)