Its called continuity of government, and it’s been refined over the years to anticipate foreign invasion, nuclear war, catastrophic accident, rioting and citizen unrest, an electromagnetic pulse above the capital, a catastrophic failure of critical infrastructure, a malicious hacking of the electrical grid, terrorist attack, hurricanes and earthquakes, an asteroid from space—you name it. … the White House and the Generals and the Departments large and small all have plans to depart the capital city and recover.

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Which brings us to Peters Mountain. […] their classified alternate facility, which sources say is in Albemarle County in central Virginia.

[…] roughly 16 miles east of Charlottesville—and it’s undergone a $61 million plus renovation since 2007.