Friends, Several of you have been forwarding on the Apocalypse article, and it has shown up on a few websites and blogs. For any future such uses, please use this URL, which gives the cleanest and most up to date version: http://publish.indymedia.org/en/2005/09/824765.shtml If anyone mirrors this version somewhere else, please let me know. There's a new section at the end, about how apocalypse might be averted, which some of you might want to take a look at. --- * National Emergency imminent! Relevant URLs are at the bottom of this posting, along with an outline of the immense powers FEMA will be exercising when the national emergency is declared. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis. Rita is now heading for America's densest concentration of oil rigs and refineries off the Texas coast, and in particular directly for the huge refinery complex at Port Arthur. Not the eye of the hurricane mind you, but even worse: the north-eastern edge of the hurricane, where the strongest winds occur. As a result of Rita, which will hit late today (Friday) or early Saturday, we are likely to lose not only many of the refineries, but also critical pipelines to the North East, and many rigs that produce oil and natural gas. Of particular importance, we are likely to lose nearly all of our refineries that produce diesel fuel, and most that produce heating oil. With Katrina we lost rigs and, perhaps more important, there was significant damage to Louisiana ports, where most imported petroleum is brought into the U.S. Not only will gasoline prices soar, but we'll be critically short of diesel fuel for truck transport and grain harvesting - leading to a major food supply and distribution crisis. Lack of heating oil and natural gas will cause havoc when winter comes. With imports made more difficult by the damage in Louisiana, it will be difficult and expensive to supplement our crude supplies with imports, regardless of how much the Saudis increase their production. And even if we can increase imports, we'll be drastically short of refinery capacity. Furthermore, our meager emergency reserves of refined petroleum were tapped in the wake of Katrina, so there are no more of those available. All of this appears now to be completely unavoidable. Understandably, the media is focusing mostly on the threat to Houston and Galveston, and the mass exodus of residents. But in terms of national significance, the threat to our fuel supplies is far more important than the local devastation, formidable as that may be. Regardless of any pre-arranged agendas that may exist, we can expect a national emergency to be declared very soon, as that is what we are indeed facing. The emphasis at first may be on the massive refugee problem, as millions from Texas join the hundreds of thousands from New Orleans who must find accommodations elsewhere. There are also hundreds of thousands who have been unable to leave the Texas coastal areas - many of these stranded on freeways in blistering heat - and this will require massive relief efforts. The fuel crisis will also hit the headlines shortly after Rita passes as well, turning the situation into a perceived national emergency very quickly. This will be a multi-faceted emergency, drastically affecting our whole society, our fuel, our food, and our economy. I strongly urge everyone, wherever you are, to immediately stock up on non-perishable food, and whatever else you think you'll be needing, before the rush which will begin next week, and before price gouging and the FEMA takeover begin. good luck, rkm Relevant URLs. re/ Rita & Oil: http://rense.com/general67/rita.htm http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-energy22sep22,0,1349813.story?coll=la-home-headlines http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/21/news/economy/rita_threat/index.htm http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/092105_rita_storm.shtml http://www.cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/?id=593&lists=newslog re/ FEMA: http://rense.com/general67/femmsec.htm FEMA powers: 1. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports. 2. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media. 3. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals. 4. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the government to take over all food resources and farms. 5. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision. 6. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions. 7. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons. 8. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft. 9. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations. 10. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities. 11. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis. 12. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President. -- ============================================================ If you find this material useful, you might want to check out our website (http://cyberjournal.org) or try out our low-traffic, moderated email list by sending a message to: •••@••.••• You are encouraged to forward any material from the lists or the website, provided it is for non-commercial use and you include the source. 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