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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep comfortable shoes and whatever kind of mask you want in your office and have a plan to walk.  As with any emergency, know what to grab immediately and what to leave.  Know what routes you'd prefer and maybe an alternate in the other direction.

My coworkers were Midwest out of towners at a conference at a low-rise hotel near the World Trade Center on 9-11.  They followed the crowds to the shore then took a ferry to New Jersey. From there, they figured things out.  Our White Plains, NY office located a rental car and they got to it somehow.[/quote]

Didn't you get a gas mask and accompanying training? I did as a fed years ago.

Agree with the comfy shoes statement. Also some eye protection and a mask.[/quote]

I left federal service (DOL -  HQ Frances Perkins Building) in 1998 and moved away from DMV.  I was working in a skyscraper in a not affected city during 9-11.  A lot of my coworkers were very freaked out that whatever was happening was coming for us.  I was less concerned because I didn't think we'd be on anyone's top 100 target list.  I was asked to find a company car to help an onsite VIP drive home (since total air closures were announced fairly quickly).  So I was at the back of the traffic jam heading out of the city.

One lesson I learned from this and a blackout a year later is to always keep your car fueled up.[/quote]

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