And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: A survey was sent to county, state and municipal emergency management personnel. The survey requested that they respond to any situation within their jurisdiction which may be unique to their area. The following response was received from Aberdeen, SD. Other responses from other areas may be seen at this webpage, as well.. Ish http://www.emassociation.org/Y2K_Survey_Results/Problems/problems.html My concern is with the possible loss of electrical power during the first few days of January. This is northern South Dakota and low temperatures in the -30 to -40 are not untypical for this time of year. Our sheltering plans based on war time scenarios did not include a winter contingency. I have spent the last several months addressing the alternative heating fuel supply problems for our shelters. This coincides with EPA's deadline for the removal and remediation of leaking underground fuel storage tanks. As a result there is a rush to remove these tanks and rely on the ability of the local power company to provide both gas and electricity. Should a power outage affect our gas compressor stations for more than 24 hours we will lose gas pressure and according to our local gas company engineers a realistic relighting or gas appliances will not occur for at least a three week + period. A 23,000 population community in Nebraska suffered this problem during a recent winter and required 3 � weeks to relight all furnaces and that was with the help of all area power companies. Our single highest priority is providing electrical power to the compressor stations along the entire length of gas line from the wells in Oklahoma to the homes in northern South Dakota. A simple loss of electrical power for a 1 - 4 day period can be handled locally, as it would be for any type of ice storm/blizzard. However longer outages would become problematic as we would only be one of many, and thus the resources to assist will be depleted and not available. Our water and sanitary systems are either now compliant or will be before the end of 1998 allowing us a full year of testing. Preparations of the citizens is taking the lead from our more typical wintertime preparations, i..e., food supplies, alternative heating methods, freeze proofing your home, etc.� County Emergency Management (Aberdeen, SD) <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
