-----Original Message----- From: John Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, 25 August 1999 6:10 PM Subject: U.S. Cities to Experience Infrastructure Failures >Economic Reform Australia >ERA EMAIL NETWORK > >Subject: Y2K Alert - Special bulletin >From: Y2K Newswire >Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 > >U.S. Cities to Experience Major Infrastructure Failures > >This is the most important Y2K story of the year. Read this carefully. > >Y2K Newswire has been holding off on going public with any analysis or >commentary on this story until we could verify the authenticity of the >documents. Just today, the Washington Post did it for us. Today, John >Koskinen verified the documents as real while downplaying their >significance. But, in fact, what's contained in these documents is a Y2K >bombshell. > >THANKS TO JIM LORD >First, a special "thank you" goes out to Jim Lord who had the contacts and >the courage to publicly post this document (even though he faced the >possibility of being shut down or otherwise silenced for doing so). > >THE "PENTAGON PAPERS" OF Y2K >Jim Lord calls these documents the "Pentagon Papers" of Y2K. This choice >phrase alludes to the potential for these documents to blow the lid off the >government Y2K spin job that is currently putting millions of Americans >directly in harm's way. > >The documents were apparently produced as a result of the U.S. Navy's >research into the vulnerability of populated areas that might contain Navy >operations. In other words, the Navy wanted to know what might happen >during the Y2K rollover, and they probably knew they couldn't trust the "no >problem" spin from the White House. > >Here's what's contained in these documents: > >A list of 43 cities (large and small) where the Navy thinks "partial >failure is probable." Failures include loss of electricity, water, gas and >sewer systems. A list of 38 cities where the Navy thinks "partial failure >is likely." A list of 44 cities where the Navy thinks "total failure is >likely." > >A summary of the Navy's data reveals the following hilights: > >More than 26 million Americans in 125 cities will be without electricity, >water, gas or sewer services in January Dallas will suffer water failures >Washington D.C. and Philadelphia will suffer failures in natural gas >systems. Baltimore, Houston, New York and Miami will all experience >failures in water and sewer systems. Atlanta will suffer failures in water >and natural gas San Antonio will experience failures in water and >electricity. Fort Worth and New Orleans will suffer disruptions in water, >gas and >sewer systems > >THE REPORT WAS NEVER MADE PUBLIC >The most alarming part of this story, of course, is that John Koskinen (and >others in Washington) never bothered to tell the public about this report. >The reason why, of course, is obvious: it's bad news. And there is a >blackout on bad news that mentions Y2K. After all, the people in Washington >have to protect Big Bankers, and if people think Y2K is real, they just >might withdraw some cash. > >As a result, the American people have been denied access to >potentially-critical information while the time remaining for preparedness >continues to slip by. Meanwhile, as demonstrated in the recent Ann Landers >column written by Senators Bennett and Dodd, government officials continue >to equate preparedness with scams, discouraging people from taking any >action whatsoever. > >In all, it's an outrage. But that's not the end of this story... > >THE REPORT WAS HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW >The U.S. Navy, it turns out, yanked these documents from a >publicly-accessible web site weeks ago (before this new update was >available). If not for the leaking of these documents to Jim Lord, the >public would have never seen them. According to the Washington Post story >on this, neither Koskinen >nor the Department of Defense offered any reason why. Meanwhile, Koskinen >tells the paper, "...the Navy wasn't withholding information from anyone..." > >Of course they weren't. And Y2K has been solved, too. > >Folks, the deception has just been blown away. Branches of the United >States government have known, apparently for quite some time, that Y2K was >likely to result in major infrastructure failures in highly-populated U.S. >cities. They deliberately withheld this information from the American >people. They knowingly put the American public in harm's way. This is >exactly the news you've been waiting for. It is time to take action. > >Start contacting your Senators and Congessional Representatives right now. >Together, we have the power to blow this cover-up wide open -- but only if >you join us in taking action. Write to your representatives today and tell >them you do not appreciate being lied to by the federal government about Y2K. > >----ooOoo---- > >Latest bulletin from Y2K Newswire (23 August, 1999): >The Y2K Newswire Fact Sheet on the Leaked Navy Documents > >Folks, the Washington spin machine is about to go into "full spin cycle" on >these Navy documents. You're going to see the whole thing relentlessly >attacked. To get ready for this spin job, prepare yourself with the >following facts: > >FACT #1: Our government sat on this information and made no effort to make >it available to the American people. That's what we mean when we say the >information was "kept hidden from the public." It doesn't mean the document >had to be stamped "top secret." It just means they HAD the information and >they SAT on it. This inaction in inexcusable. In fact, it is negligent. > >FACT #2: Just because the documents were buried somewhere on a Navy web >site doesn't mean they were easily reachable by the public. For example, >Y2K Newswire has many, many documents filed under the main web site but not >linked from the main page. Unless you know the FILE NAME of the document, >you can't get to it (even though we could still claim they are "publicly >available"). That's why these Navy documents stayed secret for so long: >nobody knew they were there and the U.S. government sure didn't go out of >its way to tell anybody about them! > >FACT #3: The Y2K deniers first called this a hoax. But when John Koskinen >verified the authenticity of the documents, suddenly the Y2K deniers >switched arguments. "Okay, they're real now, but they don't mean anything." > >FACT #4: Y2K Deniers are now attacking the report by suggesting -- with no >evidence to back this up, by the way -- a worst-case rating was the >"default" and that ratings were only eased as information became available. >Apparently, they think all utilities should be marked as "compliant" unless >they tell you they're not. In this way, Y2K Deniers are assuming, once >again, that you should wholeheartedly trust every utility company that >issues some kind of rosy-sounding press release (but refuses to document >their Y2K compliance status). To Y2K "pollys," no news is good news. NO >INFORMATION = FULL >COMPLIANCE, apparently. > >FACT #5: The U.S. Navy is now engaged in wholesale damage control. Watch >for more news announcements denying everything. They'll say things like, >"We expect everything to be fine." This is the REACTION to the news, not >the news. Of course they have to control the spin on this. All of a sudden, >with this story breaking, people are learning the truth about Y2K. > >FACT #6: Y2K Newswire does not know the identity of the Navy person who >leaked these documents (thank God), but we do know that "heads will roll!" >in the search to find the courageous person who leaked it. > >FACT #7: The AP did their homework on this story. Two thumbs up to the >Associated Press' Ted Bridis who actually did the research and ran with a >story that every other news organization would have called >"kooky." > >----ooOoo---- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
