Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
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There's a 600,000-square-foot underground city built for the government to keep running after a catastrophe.
Who they are
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, FEMA's main underground facility for keeping civilian government running, in Bluemont, Virginia.
What they do
The engine treats it as the documented, admitted baseline of what the US government has actually built to survive a disaster.
How it works
Built 1954-59 by the Army Corps of Engineers under the code name 'Operation High Point,' it's a roughly 600,000-700,000 square-foot underground complex with its own power, water and rotating staff, continuously active since 9/11 and activated by Cheney on the morning of the attacks.
Why it matters
It sets a concrete, provable floor for the scale of continuity-of-government engineering the government openly acknowledges.
The engine's record — word for word
FEMA primary civilian Continuity of Government (COG) facility in Bluemont VA. Constructed 1954-59 under Army Corps of Engineers code name 'Operation High Point.' ~600,000-700,000 sq ft subterranean. Independent life support, water reservoirs, rotational staffing continuously active since 9/11/2001. Activated by Cheney morning of 9/11. Report #75: the documented civilian-leadership COG anchor; demonstrates the engineering baseline for what the US government has admitted to building.
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