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[1].
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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