THE PENTAGON PAPERS OF Y2K By Jim Lord

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Secret Government Study Reveals Massive Y2K Problems in American Cities

How many days could New York City survive without water and sewer services? How long would it take to evacuate eight million people in the dead of winter? Would thousands die in the process? Tens of thousands? More? When would the rioting and looting begin? How many National Guard troops would it take to control the largest city in the nation? What unthinkable devastation would be wrought on the global financial system? How might our enemies seize on the ensuing panic and confusion?

Are these the crazed speculations of a Y2K alarmist? Not if you know what the US Navy and Marine Corps know. According to a June 1999 report titled, "Master Utility List," they believe "total failure is likely" for New York City's water and sewer systems because of Y2K problems. And they're holding this information back.

The Navy Department assessment is not limited to New York City; it covers all their shore facilities in the world-nearly 500 locations. The results are horrifying. They expect more than 26 million American citizens in 125 cities to be without electricity, water, gas or sewer services next January. Many more would be affected in foreign countries. London, England for example is expected to experience failures of all four types of utilities. Many of the people impacted by these failures would be military personnel and their families.

And the Navy Department isn't telling anyone.

Forty-five of the cities named in the survey have population greater than 100,000. Eight of the nation's dozen largest metropolitan areas are af-fected. Here's what the Navy expects:

* Dallas -- no water * Washington DC and Philadelphia -- no gas * Baltimore, Houston, New York and Miami -- no water or sewer * Atlanta-no water or gas * San Antonio-no water or electricity * Fort Worth and New Orleans-no water, gas or sewer services

And the Navy Department is saying nothing...

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ELECTRIC UTILITY FAILURES

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Somebody needs to let the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) know about the Navy study. For their benefit and yours, here is a list of 29 electrical utilities the Navy expects to fail. Read over this list carefully. Some of the Navy facilities are quite small but the electric company that provides their service has a very large customer base. If your electrical company is included, you need to raise hell with them and find out if they know how the Navy feels about them.

Electrical Utilities Expected to Fail:

Baldwin EMC, Milton FL Bessemer Utilities, Bessemer AL Central Louisiana Electric, Slidell LA City of Albany GA City of Key West FL City Public Service Board, San Antonio TX Clay Electric Cooperative, Jacksonville FL Coastal Electric Members, Jacksonville FL Daviess Martin County Rural Elect, Crane IN Dayton Power & Light, Dayton OH El Paso Electric Co., El Paso TX Escambia River Elec Co., Milton FL, Pensacola FL Florida Power and Light, Canaveral FL, Ft Lauderdale FL Florida Power Corp, Clearwater FL Gulf States Utilities, Orange City FL JEA, Atlantic Beach FL, Jacksonville FL Knoxville Utilities Board, Knoxville TN Middle Georgia Elec, Hawkinsville GA Mississippi Power and Light, Gulfport MS Northeast Utilities, New London CT Orlando Utilities Commission, Orlando FL Port of Seattle WA Riviera Utilities, Milton FL Sierra Electric Cooperative, Truth or Conseq. NM South Central Power, Columbus OH Southern Pine Elec Coop, Milton FL Southwest Arkansas Electric, Lewisville AR Southwest Louisiana Electric, Broussard LA Southwestern Public Services, Amarillo TX Twin County Electric, Hollandale MS

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GAS COMPANY FAILURES

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This is a list of forty gas companies the Navy Department expects to fail. Some of the cities mentioned are quite small but the service area for the utility mentioned has a very large customer base. Check this list carefully to see if your gas company is included.

Gas Utilities Expected to Fail:

Alabama Gas Corp, Bessemer AL Atlanta Gas Light Co., Atlanta GA Baltimore Gas & Electric, Annapolis MD Boston Gas, Weymouth MA City of Albany GA City of Bethlehem PA City of Bossier City LA City of Buffalo, NY City of Great Falls MT City of Pascagoula MS City of Pensacola FL City Public Service Board, San Antonio TX Columbia Gas of Virginia, Portsmouth VA, Quantico VA Dayton Power & Light, Dayton OH Energas Co, Amarillo TX Interenergy Corp, Charleston SC Knoxville Utilities Board, Knoxville TN Louisiana Gas Service, New Orleans LA Mobile Gas Service Corp, Mobile AL Mountaineer Gas, Sugar Grove WV Nashville Gas Service, Nashville TN New Jersey Natural Gas, Earl NJ New York State El, New London CT Niagra Mohawk, Watertown NY NorAm Energy Management, Pensacola FL North Carolina Gas, Morehead City NC Northern Utilities, Portsmouth NH Okaloosa Gas District, Milton FL Orlando Utilities Commission, Orlando FL PECO Energy, Warminster PA Penn Gas & Water, Avoca PA, Williamsport PA Philadelphia Gas, Philadelphia PA Providence Energy, Newport RI PSE&G, Kearney NJ Rochester Gas & Electric, Rochester NY UGI Corp, Mechanicsburg PA United Cities Gas Co, Columbia SC Virginia Natural Gas, Newport News VA, Norfolk VA, Yorktown VA Washington Gas Co., Arlington VA, Bethesda MD, Carderock MD, Lexington Park MD, Washington DC West Florida Natural Gas, Panama City FL

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IMPACT ON MILITARY READINESS

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These revelations imply a severe effect on military readiness in the United States and at several important locations overseas. In this country, for example the major Marine Corps bases at Quantico, Virginia and Camp LeJeune, North Carolina are expected to experience utility failures. The latter is of special personal concern -- my son and his family are stationed there.

Another essential but not widely appreciated Marine Corps facility is at special risk. The base at Albany, Georgia is the hub of all USMC logistics activities. The inability of this base to provide services would pose a devastating threat to the entire US Marine Corps. Albany is one of three unfortunate cities expected to have utility failures in all four areas -- electricity, water, gas and sewer.

The US Navy expects serious problems as well. The extensive complex of facilities at their primary east-coast port at Norfolk/Portsmouth, Virginia is projected to be without water or natural gas. The Navy Space Command at Dahlgren, Virginia; is in jeopardy. The Naval Air Stations at North Island, California; Whidby Island, Washington, Cecil Field, Florida; and Pensacola, Florida are at risk. The key submarine bases at Kings Bay, Georgia and New London, Connecticut are on the list. The latter is another of the three state-side locations expected to have failures of all four types of utilities.

The facility at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania is also of special concern. Much of the US Navy's logistics support is conducted at this base which is expected to see both gas and sewer failures.

Overseas, critical bases at Rota, Spain; Sigonella and Naples, Italy; (headquarters of the Mediterranean (6th) Fleet); Bahrain; Guam; Puerto Rico; and Okinawa are impacted. Of the ten facilities listed in the United Kingdom, all (mostly in London) were expected to experience failures of all four utilities.

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CITIES AT RISK

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The information presented below is based on a US Navy/Marine Corps survey dated June 1999. The survey was conducted to determine the risk of utility failures at military facilities worldwide. Only United States information is shown.+

[Editor's note: The charts on Lord's website show a list of cities and the Y2K exposure of the major utilities in each city. The columns labeled E, W, G and S refer to the Electrical, Water, Gas and Sewer utilities. An "x" in the column indicates that utility is expected to fail. Please visit Lord's Pentagon Papers website to view all of this data.]

43 cities where "partial failure (of one or more utilities -- Electrical, Water, Gas or Sewer) is probable"

Amarillo TX Annapolis MD Arlington VA Avoca PA Baton Rouge LA Bethesda MD Broussard LA Carderock MD Charlotte NC Columbus OH Corpus Christi TX Crane IN Dallas TX Dayton OH Duluth MN El Paso TX Forest Park IL Greensboro NC Highland Park IL Houston TX Ingleside TX Key West FL Knoxville TN Lewisville AR Lexington Park MD Millington TN Mobile AL Montgomery AL Newport News VA Norfolk VA Pascagoula MS Peoria IL Philadelphia PA Portsmouth VA San Antonio TX Sheboygan WI Sugar Grove WV Truth or Conseq. NM Tulsa OK Washington DC Waukegan IL West Palm Beach FL Yorktown VA

38 cities where "partial failure (of one or more utilities -- Electrical, Water, Gas or Sewer) is likel y"

Albany GA Atlanta GA Atlantic Beach FL Augusta GA Beaufort SC Bessemer AL Bossier City LA Cape Canaveral FL Charleston SC Chattanooga TN Clearwater FL Columbia SC Columbus GA Fort Lauderdale FL Fort Worth TX Greenville NC Gulfport MS Harlingen TX Hawkinsville GA Hollandale MS Jacksonville FL Kingsville TX Meridian MS Miami FL Milton FL Nashville TN New Orleans LA Orange City FL Orlando FL Panama City FL Pensacola FL Raleigh NC Slidell LA Smyrna GA St Marys GA Sullivans Island SC Waco TX Wetumpka AL

44 cities where "total failure (of one or more utilities -- Electrical, Water, Gas or Sewer) is likely."

Baltimore MD Bethlehem PA Bremerton WA Brunswick ME Buffalo NY Coronado CA Dahlgren VA Earl NJ Erie PA Fallbrook CA Glen Falls NY Great Falls MT Hartford CT Huntington WV Imperial Beach CA Kearney NJ Lakehurst NJ Mechanicsburg PA Morehead City NC National City CA New London CT New York City NY Newport RI Oak Grove NC Oak Harbor WA Ogden UT Pacific Beach WA Plaineville CT Pomona CA Port Hadlock WA Port of Seattle WA Portsmouth NH Providence RI Quantico VA Reading PA Reno NV Rochester NY San Jose CA Seal Beach CA Trenton NJ Warminster PA Watertown NY Weymouth MA Williamsport PA

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SOURCE OF INFO: WHERE IT CAME FROM

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This information came from the US Navy and Marine Corps (Department of the Navy). They were apparently tasked to conduct a study of the Y2K exposure of their worldwide shore facilities. A copy of this study made its way into my hands.

Military bases in the United States are rarely self-sufficient when it comes to utilities such as electricity, water, gas and sewer. These services are almost always provided by the local economy. From a Y2K standpoint, this leaves the bases at the mercy of the local utility providers. Nearly five hundred bases were assessed; approximately one third are expected to experience utility failures.

These figures are completely out of whack with the federal government's August 1999 Y2K assessment which says:

"It is highly unlikely that there will be national disruptions in electric power service on January 1, 2000. (I)t is expected that any (gas disruptions) that do occur will have minimal impact upon consumers. (I)t is increasingly unlikely that the date change will create disruptions in water service."

Mr. Koskinen, you need to check with the folks over at the Pentagon. They seem to have a different opinion. Or is it possible you already know about this information?

The information was obtained from a confidential source of the highest reliability and integrity. The identity of this source will be staunchly protected. I don't have a copy of the detailed assessments of the individual bases nor do I possess the information on Army or Air Force bases. I am submitting a request for these documents through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), however. (In fact, I encourage you to help out by submitting your own FOIA request for these documents.)

The information from the bases and other facilities was compiled into an eight-page spreadsheet that is titled "Utility Master List" and dated June 1999. No other markings appear on the papers. In particular, (and this is of crucial importance) the document is not stamped or labeled with any national security classification markings.

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WHAT YOU SHOULD DO

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This information is vital to the well being of tens of millions of American citizens. The federal government is withholding it from the public. If you're concerned about Y2K and frustrated at the way the government's is dealing with the crisis, there are several things you can do.

Help get the word out about this study. Make copies of this document and send them to the media (radio, television and newspaper) in the 125 communities listed in the report. In particular, contact the radio talk shows (national and local) and request that they have me on their shows. I can best be contacted by email at Jim-LordY2K@aol.com.

Also send copies to elected officials (mayors; city council; county commissioners; governors and state and national level senators and representa-tives). Ask them if they are aware of these Navy Department assessments. Send copies to the individual utilities identified in the listing of cities on the website.

Send FOIA requests to the Navy, Army and Air Force requesting their studies on the anticipated effects of Y2K-related utility failures on US military facilities. Sample letters can be found at the end of this special report.

Ask everyone in your community group, family, email list etc. to visit the www.JimLord.to website. Then ask them to do the same thing you're doing. If we work together, we can break this thing open. In short, let's raise hell.

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A Y2K PROTEST

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Thirty years ago, the Pentagon Papers revealed widespread government deceit in the prosecution of the Vietnam War. The papers and the resultant protests eventually rooted out the truth and changed United States policy. Today, this Navy Department study could accomplish the same ob-jectives. We can perhaps use it to force the gov-ernment to come clean on Y2K. Our opportunity comes just in the nick of time. If we act fast.

I recently gave an hour-long speech titled "Y2K Surprises-Why It Won't Turn Out Like You Think." It was the first time the Navy Department survey information was revealed in public. In the speech, I discussed why I don't think the national electrical grids will fail and why I believe water is a much greater utility risk than electricity. (Inci-dentally, this supposition is clearly supported by the Navy Department survey.)

I also showed why an electronic run on the banking system is a greater danger than a cash panic. I went on to explain why January 2000 will not be the peak of the Year 2000 Crisis and why the real peak is 9-18 months down the road.

I think it was my most effective speech. To en-courage the widest possible dissemination of this information and to make it as affordable as possible, the price of this hour-long tape is as low as possible. Along with the tape you'll receive a printed copy of this entire report and sample letters you can send to public officials and local media contacts. You can also download this printed ma-terial at no cost at my website at:

http://www.JimLord.to

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-- Jean Wasp (jean@sonic.net), August 21, 1999