http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/7/14/214727.shtml
John O. Edwards FEMA, the federal agency charged with disaster preparedness, is engaged in a crash effort to prepare for multiple mass destruction attacks on U.S. cities - including the creation of sprawling temporary cities to handle millions of displaced persons, NewsMax has learned. FEMA is readying for nuclear, biological and chemical attacks against U.S. cities, including the possibility of multiple attacks with mass destruction weapons. The agency has already notified vendors, contractors and consultants that it needs to be prepared to handle the logistics of aiding millions of displaced Americans who will flee from urban areas that may be attacked. The agency plans to create emergency, makeshift cities that could house hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans who may have to flee their urban homes if their cities are attacked. Ominously, FEMA has been given a deadline of having the cities ready to go by January 2003 – in about six months. A source familiar with the deadline believes the effort is related to making the U.S. prepared for counterattacks if the U.S. invades Iraq sometime next year. FEMA is currently seeking bids from major real estate management firms, and plans to name three firms in the near future to handle the logistics and planning for these temporary cities. FEMA officials have told these firms they already have tents and trailers ordered. The tents and trailers would provide shelter for displaced populations. The real estate firms are expected to provide engineers and architects to lay the plans for emergency infrastructure needs, such as sewage and electricity.
FEMA Preparing for Mass Destruction Attacks on Cities
This scares the absolute crap out of me. Combine somone advocating a decapitation attack on Saddam with govt. preparations for whole cities being evacuated and it looks like anthrax city when we invade Iraq.
Monday, July 15, 2002
Need I say more. He is one of the stupidist congressmen NC has ever sent to DC. He will play the good guy as long as he looks good. He sits in on a meeting and spills out questions as if they are answers. Makes it sound as if he is in charge. FEMA is in charge not edwards why would he even write such crap is beyond me.
It very well could be.
Time is not on our side. If we wait too long, the problem gets worse.
But if we move before we have vaccines and antibiotics in place, our civilian population gets decimated.
A time of particularly high danger will be just BEFORE we are protected at home. If Saddam thinks we are on the verge of eliminating his deterent threat, he may very well strike first. Hence, I expect to find out how far along our preparations are only after they are done.