IP: Re: My old haunts -- they are expendable

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:54:25 -0500
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> Subject: Re: IP: My old haunts -- they are expendable
>
> At 05:35 PM 12/17/2001 -0500, David Farber forwarded a note from Charles 
> Iseman <CISEMAN () fcc gov>:
> > I heard on the radio that FEMA has announced that they've canceled their 
> > plans to move to 12th St, SW (ever hear of that location?  :-) ) because 
> > it is too close to Nat'l Airport and, hence, too dangerous.
>
> No joke! Here's an article on FEMA's unwillingness to move any closer to 
> National airport (they're already in the southwest of DC, near the U.S. 
> Mint and NASA, and apparently already skittish):
>
> http://washington.bcentral.com/washington/stories/2001/12/17/story1.html
> An emergency exit
> 2001-12-17 12:38:14
> Washington Business Journal - December 17, 2001
>
> The Federal Emergency Management
> Agency is canceling its plans to move into a new headquarters being
> built at 550 12th St. SW, citing concerns over security and proximity
> to Reagan National Airport. The 10-story tower, now under construction
> by JBG Cos., is expected to be completed by late 2002. FEMA was slated
> to occupy most of the 420,000-square-foot building by spring 2003.
> FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh canceled that plan after re-evaluating the
> building's security risks following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World
> Trade Center and the Pentagon. FEMA's operations center would have
> been located on the top floor of the new headquarters building, just
> two miles off the main runway at National.
>
> [...]
>
> -Declan

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