[swaghauler]

Have you ever read any of the Continuity of Government plans? There are 3 COG sites in NW PA alone. Each is in an old mine that played out. The closest to me (Grove City) is well known and anyone in PA, OH, NY or WV has seen the trucks that serve the commercial side of this site. It's called IRON MOUNTAIN. I used to service the bank ATM in the employee lounge there. The outer Blast Doors alone were impressive. The "security" had better armament than we had when I worked at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant (we had M4s with triburst). In addition to equipment, Iron Mountain contained information from the Office of Personnel Management, the Social Security administration, and all the info needed to maintain the local, state and federal government agencies in the region. It was deep enough to defeat EMP and could survive a (nuclear) near miss. I had the pleasure of inspecting one of the government's other COG sites in NW PA during my time in the Reserves. This facility contained enough equipment to arm a battalion including Weapons, Vehicles, Ammo, Food and Fuel. It was designed to provide a regional/provisional government with enough "stuff" to reestablish order in a COG situation. There was a "detention facility" located in this site. Then there are the Tier 2 Facilities. AMSA (Army maintenance, support and assistance) sites. While not hardened facilities, they do contain sufficient supplies of vehicles, equipment, arms, ammo, medicine and food to help any regional military deal with a lower level disaster until relief arrives. AMSA shops also contain the specialists needed to assist in a disaster; Mechanics, Armorers, Communications Specialists, and Admin specialists. These are all civilian contractors (often also reservists or national guardsmen) who are full time employees of the shop. The Keystone Ordinance Facility in Geneva PA is the closest facility to me. There are also AMSA shops in Butler PA, Oakdale (south of Pittsburgh), and over by State College. These would be a prime target for individuals looking for military equipment. One can only imagine how such COG sites and depots would be fought over by MILGOV and CIVGOV (and GOD knows who else). The government would NOT cease to function in a major crisis. My only question would be, "what KIND of government would be functioning?"