From:	Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:	Re: State of emergency
Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 1997 15:30:13 +1200

>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.

Can Schultz call out the guard in Seattle? That's the main reason.

>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.)

I mean more of a military emergency... some heavy corp conflict between two
of the megas.

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON