- Hello, Jeff - I just sent a note to Dr. Bahnemann and
asked for more info on the 22 December outage as well as a question on
his statement to ProMed regarding the recent power outage at the Plum in
which he said the outage was "intentional."
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- I am wondering how striking workers could access the
island while on strike. ....or was it striking workers? Is terrorism
involved here? Where is the FBI? There was VERY LITTLE information in
the mainstream New York media regarding the Dec. 22nd power outage.
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- Dr. Bahnemann is no longer associated with Plum Island
and therefore, may answer my inquiries. I will send you a copy of his response,
should it be forthcoming.
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- These power outages at a facility that researches nonendemic
emerging pathogens is extremely big news and clearly, a risk to the health
of humans and animals.
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- Why is there very little to absolutely no information
in the mainstream press? Patricia
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- From Hans Bahnemann 1-10-3
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- The contribution by Paul R. Epstein from the Harvard
Medical School to the report of the power failure on Plum Island (PMD#1-2003)
is very interesting. The fuel cell technology is certainly something to
be considered for an emergency power supply.
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- However, the latest problem at Plum Island is quite different,
it is not a technical one. The failure of the emergency power supply was
caused intentionally (see PMD#363-2002). There is a 5-month-old strike
going on at Plum Island.
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- Plum Island had several power failures in the 60's and
70's. One for instance was caused by the cutting of the undersea power
cable from Orient Point (on Long Island) to Plum Island by a fishing vessel.
But there was never a problem as long as the operations on Plum Island
were totally run as a government installation and with government employees.
The maintenance and engineering department of Plum Island worked very
well and had a good esprit de corps.
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- They kept the emergency generators (submarine diesel
engines) in good shape. The generators were tested routinely and always
started when needed.
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- In the 80's USDA wanted to save money and began to contract
private companies for the maintenance and engineering needs of the laboratory
installations. The old and experienced crew of government employees was
dispersed. New people, inexperienced in the needs of the laboratory installations,
came to the island.
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- The question is: Can the maintenance of such a high-security
installation be left reliably to a private company, whose main objective
is to make money? It is to be expected that any disagreement between management
and the [private employees] could compromise the safety and security of
operations. The problem at Plum Island in December of 2002 proves the point.
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- Dr. Hans G. Bahnemann Former Chief Experimental Vaccine
Laboratory Plum Island Animal Disease Center
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- Patricia A. Doyle, PhD Please visit my "Emerging
Diseases" message board at: http://www.clickitnews.com/emergingdiseases/index.shtml
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