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EO #12919 released on June 6, 1994. The following EOs all fall under EO#12919:

10995--Federal seizure of all communications media in the US;
10997--Federal seizure of all electric power, fuels, minerals, public and private;
10998--Federal seizure of all food supplies and resources, public and private and all farms and equipment;
10999--Federal seizure of all means of transportation, including cars, trucks, or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports and water ways;
11000--Federal seizure of American people for work forces under federal supervision, including the splitting up of families if the government so desires;
11001--Federal seizure of all health, education and welfare facilities, both public and private;
11002--Empowers the Postmaster General to register every single person in the US
11003--Federal seizure of all airports and aircraft;
11004--Federal seizure of all housing and finances and authority to establish forced relocation. Authority to designate areas to be abandoned as "unsafe," establish new locations for populations, relocate communities, build new housing with public funds;
11005--Seizure of all railroads, inland waterways and storage facilities, both public and private;
11051--Provides FEMA complete authorization to put above orders into effect in times of increased international tension of economic or financial crisis (FEMA will be in control incase of "National Emergency").

These EOs are not aimed at anti-hoarding but rather at seizure or confiscation of items and facilities "to provide a state of readiness in these resource areas with respect to all conditions of national emergency, including attack upon the United States."

Governors Produce State Bird Flu Guides

By ROBERT TANNER
The Associated Press
Tuesday, July 18, 2006; 3:49 PM

If the nation hopes to avoid the worst of a severe bird flu outbreak, states need to act now to build a network of workers, create public-private relationships and make the time to train, the nation's governors say in a new report.

The report released Tuesday by the National Governors Association aims to guide governors and other state leaders as they prepare for what could be _ in the gloomiest scenario _ a catastrophe that takes thousands upon thousands of lives, devastates government operations and shuts down businesses.
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The 23-page guide "Preparing for a Pandemic Influenza" boils down the preparation to four areas. It says:

_ States must set priorities so that essential services continue and also encourage citizens to be as self-reliant as possible.

_ Since medical services will likely be overwhelmed and drugs may take months before they're available to everyone, state leaders must take firm steps to limit the spread of the disease by restricting travel and activities.

_ State leaders must work closely with the private sector to set up pre-existing networks so that critical needs such as food, energy and health care are provided. Businesses must be aware that as much as 40 percent of the work force could be out sick for months.

_ Thorough testing of emergency plans and responses must begin now.

States must expect to be the main coordinators of care, because the federal government will be spread too thin, Pawlenty said. "We can't look to them and them alone to be the first responder or even the main responder," he said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071800938.html

On the Net:

http://www.nga.org