March 19, 2003

By BOB WATSON
News Tribune
Jefferson City, MO

Some routines will have to change in Missouri if the nation invokes “red alert” status, Gov. Bob Holden told reporters this week.

In addition, area school officials are reviewing their building crisis plans to be ready for an emergency.

What those changes and actions might be depends on the nature of the specific threat, Homeland Security Director Tim Daniel said this morning.

The state’s plans are “not releasable to the public at this time,” Daniel said.

“The real meat of it is, the governor will have something to say (depending) upon the situation that we find ourselves in at that moment.”

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