Yes Ma'am, just the facts Ma'am:
There is a National Guard in every state.
The Governor of each state controls the respective state NG via the State Adjutant General.
The NG is routinely called upon to support disaster control and remediation.
There are and have been for many years the contingency plans to implement various aspects of disaster control and remediation.
Y2K has been touted to be a potential problem that may impact the distribution of critical resources, such as fuel, food, water, medical supplies & etc to our diverse population centers and rural areas.
I'd be damned unhappy with MY government if there were NOT sufficient planning in place to remediate such distribution problems and ensure folks get the necessities of life.
Since the potential disruption of some goods and services by Y2K has been acknowledged at the highest levels of our national government and by those of other nations, then it stands to reason we may see the NG become federalized to shore-up and ensure the viability of the national infrastructure.
I don't see a problem with this, nor do I see it as a vehicle to the goals of any conspiracy.
HOWEVER, Ivan has brought to light a very good point. We are a people that has grown used to having information and communication at our fingertips, world news to the Nth degree at the press of a button, global weather in seconds, reviews of the best place to eat and the new videos coming out.
The point being, what will happen when we DON'T have this electronic marvel of technologies available to assuage our fears and tell us things are okie-dokie.
Consider, the potential need to implement rolling brownouts or blackouts of grid portions for the purpose of distributing remaining power to hospitals, and pumping stations, and municipal water and sewage operations? Will we panic when we can't click onto TFL, or CNN, or the shortwave or the HAM-radio net? Can't dial on Ma Bell or the CEL' cause there ain't no juice at the switching station? I got batteries and a handheld CB, plus dug my old CB out of the back of the garage and am gonna put it back into my truck... What're you gonna do to stay "in the net" and abreast of what is going on?
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Mykl
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