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	Mount Weather
		Mount Weather is a real place; eighty-five acres located forty-five miles west of Washington and 1,725 feet above sea level, near the town of Bluemont, Virginia.
		In the event of all-out war, an elite of civilian and military leaders are to be taken to Mount Weather's cavernous underground shelter to become the nucleus of a postwar American society.
		Mount Weather as an alternate capital seems to have been the idea of Millard F. Caldwell, former governor of Florida.
	www.thule.org /weather.html (1948 words)

	Mount St. Mary's University:
		The intent of this policy is to ensure the safety of Mount St. Mary’s students, faculty, staff and administrators and to ensure the efficient operation of the university during periods of severe/ hazardous weather.
		Mount St. Mary's University defines severe/hazardous weather conditions as any weather condition that may endanger our faculty, students or staff while en route to their classroom or work place.
		Weather conditions in a particular area that are not severe enough for a university delay or closing still might make it hazardous for a faculty member or employee to make it to the Mount.
	www.msmary.edu /page1.aspx/inside1.aspx?id=1642 (1106 words)

	The Baron of Bad Ideas: Mount Weather
		Mount Weather first caught the American imagination on December 1 1974, when a Dulles-bound TransWorld Airlines 727, struggling through heavy rains and 50mph winds, crashed into the top of the mountain, less than a mile and a half from the site.
		Less discussed is Mount Weather's obliquely assumed status as one of the key "undisclosed locations" of the Bush administration.
		At the facility itself, he says, "The Mount Weather guards were not only armed, they had their guns in firing position." John Staelin, a member of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors, says that on September 11, the county's 911 line received a call from an agitated local woman.
	www.joseph-obrien.com /2006/09/mount-weather.html (2555 words)

	Mount Weather - Still On Standby
		Mount Weather is a real place; eighty-five acres located forty-five miles west of Washington and 1,725 feet above sea level, near the town of Bluemont, Virginia.
		In the event of all-out war, an elite of civilian and military leaders are to be taken to Mount Weather's cavernous underground shelter to become the nucleus of a postwar American society.
		Mount Weather has been owned by the government since 1903, when the site was purchased by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
	www.rense.com /general10/mountweather.htm (1953 words)

	UFO Area MOUNT WEATHER UNDERGROUND COMPLEX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mount Weather is virtually an underground city, according to former personnel interviewed by Pollock.
		The games are intended to train the Mount Weather bureaucracy to managing a wide range of problems associated with both war and domestic political crises.
		Mount Weather's Russian Twin On April 16, 1996, the New York Times reported on a mysterious military base being constructed in Russia: "In a secret project reminiscent of the chilliest days of the Cold War, Russia is building a mammoth underground military complex in the Ural Mountains, Western officials and Russian witnesses say.
	www.ufoarea.com /bases_mount_weather.html (2263 words)

	Mount Weather / High Point Special Facility (SF) / Western Virginia Office of Controlled Conflict Operations - United ...
		Berryville, VA The Mount Weather Special Facility is an unacknowledged Continuity of Government (COG) facility operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
		The Mount Weather Emergency Assistance Center has transitioned from a single mission to one that supports the all-hazards mission of FEMA and, simultaneously, it became a self-supporting cost center that derives its income from the Working Capital Fund authorized by Congress.
		All organizations at Mount Weather, including FEMA components, were subject to the provisions of the Working Capital Fund beginning in FY 1998.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/c3i/mt_weather.htm (896 words)

	Weather (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The driest weather in the region occurs when high pressure systems develop east of the Cascade Mountains, causing warm, dry air from the interior to blow westward toward the coast.
		Mount Rainier lies west of the Cascade Mountains, only 100 miles east of the Pacific Ocean, and rises to an elevation of 14,410 feet.
		Year round weather stations are located at Longmire (2761 feet), Ohanapecosh (1949 feet) and Paradise (5400 feet) ranger stations for recording precipitation, temperature, wind direction, and cloud cover.
	www.nps.gov /mora/current/weather.htm (454 words)

	Weather History - Mount Rushmore National Memorial
		When planning a trip, the weather is an important part of the process.
		Weather in the Black Hills is often pleasant for the season.
		The National Park Service does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of the materials provided by other agencies or organizations, nor does the NPS endorse other agencies or organizations, their views, products or services.
	www.nps.gov /moru/travel_info/weather_hist.htm (327 words)

	Mount Weather
		The Mount Weather Emergency Assistance Center is a secret United States government fortress in Bluemont, Virginia[?] that is designed to house the American government in the case of nuclear warfare.
		It is a central part of the American Continuity of Operations Plan, and some have suggested the base contains a fully operational Congress and White House, ready to be used in an emergency.
		Not much hard information is known about Mount Weather, and many of the stories about its operation are conflicting and vauge.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Mount_Weather.html (140 words)

	Mount Weather
		Mount Weather is virtually an underground city, according to former personnel interviewed by Pollock.
		Mount Weather is the self-sustaining underground command center for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
		The games are intended to train the Mount Weather bureaucracy to managing a wide range of problems associated with both war and domestic political crises.
	www.think-aboutit.com /Underground/mount_weather.htm (2256 words)

	Weather observers on Mount Washington endure some of the world's worst weather - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Observers began recording the weather there 137 years ago, when the U.S. Signal Service, the military precursor to the National Weather Service, set up shop at the peak, long before winter woolens gave way to Gore-Tex. The building where the men worked still stands, with thick chains buckling it to the mountain rock.
		Weather junkies who want to get beaten up by the wind can pay a $45 membership fee, plus $459 for lectures, hikes and a bunk for one night at the observatory.
		Mount Washington has some of the most ferocious weather on Earth, with snow and ice even in the summer.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/research/2007-02-27-mount-washington_x.htm?csp=34 (953 words)

	Tom Vanderbilt: on top-security US underground installation Mount Weather \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		The object of our attention is Mount Weather, officially the Emergency Operations Centre of the Federal Emergency Management Authority (Fema); and, less officially, a massive underground complex originally built to house governmental officials in the event of a full-scale nuclear exchange.
		Mount Weather first caught the American imagination on December 1 1974, when a Dulles-bound TransWorld Airlines 727, struggling through heavy rains and 50mph winds, crashed into the top of the mountain, less than a mile and a half from the site.
		At the facility itself, he says, "The Mount Weather guards were not only armed, they had their guns in firing position." John Staelin, a member of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors, says that on September 11, the county's 911 line received a call from an agitated local woman.
	www.guardian.co.uk /usa/story/0,,1859815,00.html (2568 words)

	Mount Washington Avalanche Center; Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines
		Mount Washington is the highest summit in the Presidential Range (6,288 feet/1917 meters) and the highest peak in the northeastern United States, and it has earned itself a fierce reputation.
		Snow depth measurements from the Mount Washington Observatory on the summit are somewhat uncertain, as snow often blows away as soon as it begins to accumulate, and snowfall is blown over the summit of Mount Washington from other areas of the mountain.
		For more information on the weather on Mount Washington and avalanche conditions on Mount Washington, take some time to read Avalanche Terrain and Conditions in the Presidential Range, from which much of the above weather discussion is drawn.
	www.tuckerman.org /weather/weather.htm (1066 words)

	USATODAY.com
		The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center has avalanche forecasts and information for Washington and Oregon, and mountain weather forecasts, including links to avalanche forecasts and information from other areas of the USA.
		Washington state’s 14,410-foot Mount Rainier is well known for its extreme snowfall, which averages nearly 700 inches a year at the 5,400-foot Paradise Ranger Station.
		Topography is often a key factor in the daily weather of mountain ranges.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/wmountn0.htm (524 words)

	Mount Weather / High Point Special Facility (SF) / Western Virginia Office
		Although the bunker at Mt. Weather did not become widely known until more than a decade later, the thinly disguised portrayal of the facility in Seven Days in May demonstrates that the fact of the existence and the location of the facility was already known by the early 1960s.
		The world's altitude record for a kite was claimed by the US Weather Bureau, with the ascent of a kite to 23,111 ft [7,044 meters] on 3 October 1907 at Mt. Weather.
		During the Depression Mount Weather was reportedly a work farm of some description, though there is no indication that it served as a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/facility/mt_weather.htm (2393 words)

	Mount Weather Underground Complex - FEMA Command Center
		Mount Weather is the self-sustaining underground command center for the Federal Emergency Management Agency - FEMA.
		Pollock writes that the "cabinet members" are "apparently" appointed by the White House and serve an indefinite term, but that information cannot be confirmed, raising the further question of who holds the reins on this Shadow Government.
		Like the enigmatic Area 51 in Nevada, the Federal government wants to keep the Mount Weather facility buried in secrecy.
	members.fortunecity.com /groom51/mountweather.html (2291 words)

	Mount Washington (New Hampshire) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The summit of Mount Washington is the third highest point in the eastern U.S., after Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (6,684 ft; 2,038 m) and Clingmans Dome, Tennessee (6,643 ft; 2,025 m).
		The Mount Washington station was the first of its kind in the world, setting an example followed in many other countries.
		The Mount Washington Observatory reoccupied the summit in 1932 through the enthusiasm of a group of individuals who recognized the value of a scientific facility at that demanding location.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Washington_(New_Hampshire) (1220 words)

	The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, Bluemont, VA
		Mount Weather is about 48 airline miles west of Washington, DC; about 54 miles by road.
		Directional signs indicating "Mount Weather EAC" are located at both intersections [as of August 2003, these signs may have been removed].
		Mount Weather is operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), successor to the Office of Emergency Preparedness.
	coldwar-c4i.net /mt_weather/index.html (783 words)

	WSLS.com \| Mount Weather
		Located in Northern Virginia, Mount Weather today is surrounded by armed guards, gates, fences, …and an ongoing mystery that can’t be contained.
		Some of the first weather observations we use today, were recorded at Mount Weather.
		Despite actually seeing Mount Weather for ourselves, the folks here in washington are being quiet tight-lipped about it.
	www.wsls.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSLS/MGArticle/SLS_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137836249406&path=!news!localnews (603 words)

	Mount Weather's "Government-in-Waiting"
		Few Americans — indeed, few Congressional reps — are aware of the existence of Mount Weather, a mysterious underground military base carved deep inside a mountain near the sleepy rural town of Bluemont, Virginia, just 46 miles from Washington DC.
		Mount Weather — also known as the Western Virginia Office of Controlled Conflict Operations — is buried not just in hard granite, but in secrecy as well.
		"Officials who were at Mount Weather during the 1960s say the complex was actually prepared to assume certain governmental powers at the time of the 1961 Cuban missile crisis and the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963.
	www.serendipity.li /jsmill/mt_weather.htm (1826 words)

	Mountain Weather
		A rawinsonde (short for radio wind sonde) is a helium or hydrogen balloon that is launched to carry weather instruments up through the lower part of the Earth's atmosphere.
		Several hundred of these rawinsondes are launched twice daily around the world to gather crucial data that are used to initialize the numerical weather prediction models.
		As I collect more data, I may try to correct for these factors in the future to try to derive values that are more accurate for the mountain itself.
	inte099018.halls.colostate.edu /~vigh/weather/mountain_weather.htm (596 words)

	AboveTopSecret.com Archive: "Mount Weather: Secret Underground Complex"
		Mount Weather is the self-sustaining underground command center for the Federal Emergency Management Agency - FEMA.
		Furthermore, appointed Mount Weather officials hold their positions through several elected administrations, transcending the time their appointers spend in office.
		Mount Weather's Russian Twin On April 16, 1996, the New York Times reported on a mysterious military base being constructed in Russia: "In a secret project reminiscent of the chilliest days of the Cold War, Russia is building a mammoth underground military complex in the Ural Mountains, Western officials and Russian witnesses say.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /pages/mountweather.html (2309 words)

	Ambient Weather WeatherMount Weather Station Mount
		The WeatherMount Weather Station Mount is a flexible mounting alternative to a mounting pole or tripod.
		The mounting plate provides a fast and easy installation, and can be mounted on a pitched surface, flat roof or vertical surface, such as a gable.
		The mount angles 11" in the horizontal direction to allow clearance of eve or roof overhangs.
	www.ambientweather.com /amwewe.html (293 words)

	Mount Weather - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center is a U.S. government facility located at 39.063N / 77.888W near Bluemont, Virginia.
		Their first due area is Mount Weather itself but they also respond to areas of both Clarke and Loudoun Counties as Company 21 under mutual aid agreements.
		Both Mount Weather and Greenbrier Resort were featured in the AandE documentary "Bunkers" (1).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Weather (585 words)

	L.L.Bean: L.L.Bean and the Mount Washington Observatory
		As the official outfitter for the Mount Washington Observatory, L.L.Bean provides extreme-weather outerwear for the summit staff.
		Not every day brings extreme weather to Mount Washington, but it routinely sees some of the coldest weather in North America.
		Cameras are located in surrounding areas with views of Mount Washington, as well as on the summit looking out at Mounts Jefferson, Madison and Adams and the Carter Range.
	www.llbean.com /outdoorsOnline/mountWashington/index.html?feat=ln (272 words)

	Subtopia: Mount Weather Gets a Little Facelift
		In the beautiful Blue Ridge landscape, there is said to be two Mount Weathers: the Fema run facility, and the more clandestine “undisclosed location” that becomes signature of the Bush administration’s convoluted secrecy.
		On September 11th 2001, the congress was suspected of being shuttled to Mount Weather.
		But, as open as some were to talk about Mount Weather from their own mysterious vantages, Vanderbilt finds a population of relatively sealed lips.
	subtopia.blogspot.com /2006/09/mount-weather-gets-little-facelift.html (743 words)

	Capricorn 2000 Vehicle Mount Weather Station - Columbia Weather Systems, Inc.
		The entire system is operational within minutes to provide critical weather information where and when it is needed.
		The 9-ft telescoping sensor mast is made of rugged anodized aluminum, with heavy-duty powder-coated steel mounting brackets which are permanently installed on the vehicle.
		The Capricorn 2000 Weather Station comes standard with one temperature sensor with 50 feet of cable.
	www.columbiaweather.com /Cap2000_Vehicle_Mount.html (860 words)

	Mount Rainier National Park Weather Page
		Mount Rainier lies west of the Cascade Mountains, only 100 miles east of the Pacific Ocean, and rises to an elevation of 14,411 feet.
		Weather patterns at Mount Rainier are strongly influenced by the Pacific Ocean, elevation, and latitude.
		Year round weather stations are located at Longmire (2761 feet), Ohanapecosh (1949 feet) and Paradise (5400 feet) ranger stations for recording precipitation, temperature, wind direction, and cloud cover.
	www.mount.rainier.national-park.com /weather.htm (378 words)

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