| From: | Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: State of emergency |
| Date: | Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:03:49 -0800 |
> Yes, the president is the only one who can declare a state of emergency
> at a national level.
>
> Current president? Sage Stallone?
>
> Brad
>
>
> On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Jaimie Nicholson wrote:
> >
> > Only american players will know the answer to this... in the USA, is
> > it the
> > president who declares a state of emergency? If not, who can? And can
> > anyone else?
> >
> > And who is the current president up in shadowrun time?
Can't remember the name offhand, anybody have (or seen lately) the _Super
Tuesday_ sourcebook? I don't think it was Stallone, and Mrs. Clinton
would be dead by 2058 (or at least we can hope). Duklezahn got himself
elected, then assasinated. His VP would now be president. I think the
guy had some sort of ties to a corp, but I don't fully remember. That's
of course if you are asking about the UCAS (which Seattle is part of).
As for a state of emergency, the scope of the state is basically dependant
on the scope of the power of the executive calling it. I believe that
governors can call a state of emergency in their own respective states. I
figure something similar on down. Also, depends on what you want to do.
To call a place a "Federal Disaster Area" and entitle yourself to getting
some of the disaster relief money from the feds, it has to be declared by
Congress or the President. Also, a mayor declaring a state of emergency
in a city doesn't have the power to say, call out the national guard,
which the President does.
I would have to agree with Mike though. It isn't something you do
lightly, and there better be a good reason for it. (i.e. You go to plotd
and everybody agrees that the South [now the CAS] is about due for another
hurricane, but this ones going to be a real monster.)
--My two yen
Jeff
