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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 05:00 PM
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Geez, * just declared a State of Emergency for Inauguration Week
No info yet on when it starts or ends, but I think it's overkill
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 05:02 PM
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1. Not really, many people in a small area.. State of Emergency allows for
extra money and extra persons, namely national guard, to be on hand to deal with crowd control.. This a happy occassion so it would be most likely dealing with someone who faints in a crowd or becomes de-hydrated or a child who becomes separated from a parent.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 05:04 PM
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2. Just found the link
Edited on Tue Jan-13-09 05:04 PM by MiniMe
Saturday through Tuesday

edited to add the link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/13/AR2009011301583.html?hpid=topnews
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NeedleCast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 05:06 PM
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3. Good
One of the few intelligent things he's done. We'll need the extra resrouces this will allow in D.C. next weekend and through Tuesday.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 07:35 PM
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4. Makes good sense.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 07:37 PM
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5. Even if the DC Mayor requests it? n/t
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