Emergency Preparedness Planning Exercise

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Emergency Preparedness Planning Exercise

• Thurston County Public Health and Social Services
  Department
• August 25, 2003

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Background
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Washington, Spring 2003
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Middle East, Mar 2003

• Saddam Rejects Bush's Demand to Leave Iraq
• Baghdad Ready to Take Up Arms
• Calm Gives Way to Panic on Streets of Baghdad

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National News, Mar 2003

• U.S. Heightens Alert, Asks for Guard Call-Ups
• Anthrax Response Plans Inadequate, Study Warns
• Markets, Brokerages Brace for Volatility

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Olympia, Mar 2003

• On the Brink of War
• Revenue Forecast Looks Cloudy
• Sonics Host Red-Hot Houston Rockets