DE AFN1EC NR 001
R 051800Z FEB 07
FM AFN1EC ME
TO USAF MARS
INFO SHARES
ZEN ARMY MARS
ZEN NAVMARCORMARS
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MARS EXERCISE DEEP FREEZE 07
SUBJ: ECOM BDCST 07-01 DEEP FREEZE WX ALERT 1
1. A HISTORIC WINTER STORM POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHEAST U.S. AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
2. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM ME AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN NY AND SOUTHERN LOWER MI, FINALLY TO NORTHERN OH AND NORTHERN IN FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. TO THE SOUTH IN MA,MOST OF CT, RI, CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NY, NORTHERN AND WESTERN PA, CENTRAL OH AND CENTRAL IN, A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH A POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR ICE STORM. IN COASTAL SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, NY CITY, LONG ISLAND, NJ, SOUTHEAST PA, DE, MD, NORTHERN VA, AND THE DC, WARM TROPICAL AIR FEEDING NORTH INTO THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT COULD IN TURN CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING.
3. ADDITIONALLY, VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE STORM COULD LEAD TO TIDAL SURGES UP THE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE BAYS. MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM THE VA CAPES, TO THE DELMARVA PENINSULA, NORTH ALONG THE NJ COAST TO LONG ISLAND AND NY CITY, TO CAPE COD, AND BLOCK ISLAND. SUSTAINED WINDS ALONG THE COAST COULD REACH HURRICANE INTENSITY WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE CATASTROPHIC COASTAL FLOODING AND WAVES OF UP TO 50 FEET.
4. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A CRIPPLING, DEVASTATING STORM IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES AND MID-ATLANTIC. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE ICE, SNOW, AND HIGH WINDS. IN ADDITION, TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE AS MOST ROADS, AIRPORTS AND RAIL LINES COULD BE CLOSED.
5. USAF MARS SHOULD BEGIN PLANNING FOR PORTENTIOL ECOM OPERATIONS. COORDINATION WITH NAVMARCOR AND ARMY MARS SHOULD BEGIN NOW.
6. USAF MARS SHOULD COORDINATE WITH ARES AND RACES IN THIER STATES AND OTHER POTENTIAL ECOM PARTNERS.
7. BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT SHARES AND "SIMULATED" FEMA OPERATIONS.
8. POTENTIAL MARS ECOM SUPPORT SHOULD BE COORDINATED WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL AND STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER AGENCIES INCLUDED IN MARS ECOM PLANS.
9. STATE AND REGIONAL MARS LEADERSHIP SHOULD ENSURE THAT MARS STATIONS IN THIER JURISDICTION ARE NOTIFIED OF POSSIBLE ECOM OPERATIONS. IT IS NOT TO EARLY TO PREPARE AND PLAN.
10. JOINT PLANNING IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.
11. FURTHER WX ALERTS WILL BE BDCST AS RECEIVED.
12. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND - IN EMERGENCIES
13. SGD HARRY L. MARSTERS II, CMSGT, USAF
USAF MARS NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC
MARS EXERCISE
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