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NORAD Exercise Today In DC Area
Westwood One ^

Posted on 01/14/2009 4:20:57 AM PST by HokieMom

(Washington, DC) -- DC area residents should not be alarmed to see and hear military aircraft overhead today as NORAD will be conducting a live-fly exercise. Civil Air Patrol aircraft, Air Force F-16s and Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopters will participate in the exercise which also includes the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Capital Region Command Center, the Joint Air Defense Operations Center and other agencies and military groups. The flights are expected to take place late at night and early in the morning. It is the latest in a series of exercises which have been conducted following the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. In the event of inclement weather, the exercise will be postponed until Thursday.


TOPICS: US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bhoinauguration; cap; norad
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1 posted on 01/14/2009 4:20:57 AM PST by HokieMom
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President Bush Declares Federal Emergency For DC During Inauguration 01-14-2009 3:33 AM (Washington, DC) -- The District will be eligible for federal funds to help pay for costs linked to the inauguration after President Bush Tuesday declared a federal emergency for the city. The White House, in a statement, says the money will be made available to pay for, quote, "protective measures that are undertaken to save lives and protect public health and safety." The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse the District for eligible expenditures on Inauguration Day above the 15-million dollars already budgeted last year for the day's events.

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2 posted on 01/14/2009 4:24:08 AM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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Can I take it then that this inauguration is being handled by FEMA as a potential emergency? Not an auspicious start.


3 posted on 01/14/2009 4:33:56 AM PST by jmcenanly
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To: HokieMom
DC area residents should not be alarmed to see and hear military aircraft overhead today

We'd be alarmed if there weren't.
4 posted on 01/14/2009 4:34:45 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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Hope they fly over my house!

5 posted on 01/14/2009 4:35:30 AM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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Wasn’t there one of these on or about Sept. 11, 2001?


6 posted on 01/14/2009 4:38:24 AM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: jmcenanly
Can I take it then that this inauguration is being handled by FEMA as a potential emergency? Not an auspicious start.

Emergency preparedness for who knows what.

7 posted on 01/14/2009 4:38:37 AM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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“The District will be eligible for federal funds”

Who the Hell else would be paying for it?


8 posted on 01/14/2009 4:40:38 AM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: HokieMom

re: In the event of inclement weather, the exercise will be postponed until Thursday.

Are we to take it from this that we have an agreement with the terrorists to hold their attacks for a day with good weather?


9 posted on 01/14/2009 4:42:15 AM PST by jwparkerjr (God Bless America!)
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Eh, I hear aircraft all the time. I live near the flightpath for Reagan National. Also, plenty of choppers flying around for all the auto mishaps on the beltway. Construction everywhere and the drivers here suck, even in the best of conditions. I won’t notice anything different. What I would notice is no aircraft noise at all.


10 posted on 01/14/2009 4:47:23 AM PST by kb2614 (Hell hath no fury than a bureaucrat scorned)
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To: jmcenanly

Heard that the DC mayor wants a state of emergency for funding because of the inauguration. I’d have to agree to declare DC a disaster area.


11 posted on 01/14/2009 5:15:06 AM PST by kenth (Uhhhh)
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To: HokieMom
Must be a real pain to interrupt Stargate operations to put on this show. NORAD is just a cover for the SGC. ;-)
12 posted on 01/14/2009 5:18:41 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Government only does one thing well - WASTE MONEY!)
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re: In the event of inclement weather, the exercise will be postponed until Thursday.

What they're saying is, in the event we can't get hold of Jack Bauer ............... ;-)

13 posted on 01/14/2009 5:38:05 AM PST by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

:^)


14 posted on 01/14/2009 7:49:41 AM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: kb2614
plenty of choppers flying around for all the auto mishaps on the beltway.

I get some of that, too. So far today the only helicopter that's flown over that doesn't usually is one of the BIG ones. We loved it.

15 posted on 01/14/2009 7:55:38 AM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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I am begining to believe they know something and are expecting an attack during the inauguration.


16 posted on 01/14/2009 10:21:05 AM PST by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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I can see crackpots making idle threats along with legitimate intelligence leading law enforcement to think something might actually happen. The analysts are probably swamped.
17 posted on 01/14/2009 10:24:01 AM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: wolfcreek
DC, MD, VA Spending Millions On Presidential Inauguration 01-14-2009 3:33 AM (Washington, DC) -- The Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama has already cost cash-strapped Maryland eleven-million dollars, and state leaders want to be reimbursed. At a news conference today on Inaugural preparations, Governor Martin O'Malley said the federal government did not set aside money to help local governments. O'Malley says he, Senator Barbara Mikulski and Representative Elijah Cummings will seek reimbursement from the feds. Virginia and the District are also being hit by unbudgeted expenses. In all, the Inauguration is costing the three jurisdictions some 75-million dollars.

westwood one

18 posted on 01/14/2009 5:50:54 PM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ...

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


19 posted on 01/14/2009 11:23:08 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (This election gave the drunks the keys to the liquor cabinet!)
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Not to worry. The taxpayers will bail them out.


20 posted on 01/15/2009 4:25:19 AM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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