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it asecious emergency, the facility could
. Jibld as many 2s 100 top city administruars.
*; Plens also call for water and cots for
eqnamissioners and other top emergency of-
Gcials who would need to work through
- the night to deliver the city fom floods,
famines, terrorist attacks and othercalansi- |
~ tlhs. The center will have backup genera- -
tits to be used during power failures and
egen a place for workers to cook. As for
_ fod,t the administration official said, there
van MAAC Std a ‘nt BRET AT NAH
are afew cans of frais and yegetables—but, --
ke said dryly, the Mayor.and his aides
probably would prefer the fare at a public’
: ” fetéria on the building's third floor.“
~ 8 Mg. Collins told The Observer thai the:
, Gis spent S49 million on general con-
don, $4.6 million onelectricalequip-
- lent and some $2 million on mechanics,
__ Hung ane speinkler. Add thet othe fx
Jity’s aginual reat, anaverageof $1.5 mil.
for 20 years, and the total price tag—"
mri spberating Conte: £omcs f0 more, > SUNTOLUE ry encroacht
ene temergency took place [° D
fete a hencece gr || in" —compare
cekend of March 13-14, ‘according to. | us 56 POO mil =
rormnpanm eran | init ited by Saddas
- Pacrpener Masageaeay je agency that « |" >:
5: Rt ey es ithecenter’s- |:
{bsitlties allowed hs colteas- es bo get to
“posts the night before 1i.¢ storm hit-- -
tather,than have them drive i is nom...
ere stay over/"hesald. =
it Mer. Hauer ae howeyes hae ac-
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~ The Observer that the command center was- |-
. beeninstructed not to talk sbowt the ceates. -
strenuously rejected the suggestion that
the facility is, in fact, a bunker. He has
commiodations were afyything butswank,
"They're very modest, like army bunks,”
double-decker bunks,” be seid, noting that
they were based on bedding srrangemenis
provided for Secret Service agents housed
on the ninth ftoor of the same ‘building.
Tor SECRET
- Sever! Werld Trade Ceater is asosring
" office tower occupied by Salamon Sinith
Barney and the New York office of the Se- ;
_ Curities and. Exchange Conamission,—
among other tenants. ee |
messengers,is allowed bey .
"without approval from somebody else in.
. thobuilding. A guard standing nesiby told -
“have questioned the feed for anexpéasive, ;
high-tech facility. Los Angeles, hardly a.
stranges to calamities like mudslides nnd
Tiois, managed to convert a 1960's bomb
shelter into an emergency managemcnt
centers, updating jhe facility for several
million dollars. And for years, the city's
emergency management systesn
cuneffectively out of Police Headquarters. {
Even with the new facility all but finished,
the command center at | Police Ptaza e-
“mains operational.”
hunkerdown throigh disastess. Rather, he
has said, the facility boasts a statc-of-the-
art Communications system, comecting
scores of people in goverament and law
enforcement viz compulers to a rnapping
erlines, water mains andsubway tunnels.
in thiscity,” noted Hob Louden, an expert
in emergency management at John Jay
College of Criminal Justice, it makes
~ There are cans i of fits’
"and ‘vegetables in’ ithe.
” command center, ‘but’ -
“the Mayor probably
nal Lede the fare at.
creaté anew entily to make sure all agen:
Cies work togethier.” mo
impressively high-tech. Buthessidhehad -
* Coupled with the barricades around opening of the command center coincides
suggepied a politic quick to see him-.
self ag under. cone an vebwulod leader
secant ey | Leeda een weeks of well: |
SRE pay ae ngrae
Se loose in Central Park.-
: ladon otaskngle pubic thilerorovepair | “ With 2 foldout couch until his political:
BF a single exif on the F, DR. Highway |- _|.. Storms blow over, "Ee may need it—his
ee yee - - belt narbeas: are dropping.” quipped
aan Despite the quasi-cltary Took. of tae
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Bae elinen dae |
_ command center's décor, Mr, Hauer bas
pointed out that the center is adt-a place’
for the Mayor and his allies andrelativesto |
system iat pinpoints the location of dis- | § i A
asters and shows how nearthey are to sew- |. [Iau
“Given the things that have happened |: FEE fen 4 a
sense "so upgrade What theyaredoingand |:
HEADING FoR Cover? aan &
Of course, on a less dramatic hote, the |.
witha dip in Mr, Giuliani's popatarityand | - en '
a percui ved political vulnerability. The | Tomer
Rey. Al Stiarpton has managed to reinvent -§
himself yet again, this time at Mr. Giu-. |.
- publicized demoastraticias'at Police Head"
"quarters. ‘The tactics of his Police Depart= -
i iment have come undes national icrutiny. [ * j.-
at. And just theothér day, acoyote roamed tee
one. m ter how cdmfortable the pai lout
F may |
... oondinate: when dott
7 spring (nto action to. deal
a have deen at odds aincd:.
3. ‘plans for the new conte
ed |= ar- - Officials tay say the fcility td not & fiebe. 222 i meriog pia
Cic-~|: bunker, but ever 0, Mr. Giuani might be _| - City Counci] mex
we : forgiven for taking cover infuduiet place’ = A=
7 Themagain, he may fad n no aces whens
s, The command center was the” ,
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oe en eg
‘ relief,
: “. ly protect their turf. . |
oH . Indeed, it remairis to |
fx be: seen. how the two ,
- command centers will -
* with the latest disaster,
“Mr. Hower “anid” Policat
See? Commissioner Howard:
Mapes i. Safir, - who reportedly
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