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Second fic in the set written for the 223rd 500 word challenge issued by the 5x6ml.  Hope you enjoy.

Karina

Title: Logistics

Author: Karina

Rating: PG

Pairing: Milliardo

Notes:  Challenge 223.  Baby Series 4  #126.  Takes place approximately half an hour following Attachments

Spoilers: None

Warnings:

Many thanks to ShenLong Deb for her work betaing this set of fics.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.

Title: Logistics

Milliardo resisted the urge to rub at his eyes.  Really, some days he thought he might need new reading glasses, but it had never seemed bad enough to take the time to get his vision tested.  And at the present time the problem was fatigue more than actual eye strain.  The facts and figures, the sheer logistics of the operation, required intense concentration to maintain a balance between all the demands on his attention.

He could do with a break, but down time would come later, when there was nothing more they could do but wait it out.  Communications with the world at large would be non existent during the height of the storm and possibly for days after, and communications in the local areas would be just as sketchy.

They were expecting to lose at least half of the antenna arrays dotted about New Port City.  If they were fortunate then the figures on the damages had been overestimated, but given the damage dealt to Sweden and Norway, he was not hopeful.   The storm had lost little in the way of intensity and its presence in the area was affecting relief operations for the larger, more populous countries that surrounded them.  What assistance Sanc could expect from the rest of the world after the storm blew itself out was questionable.

They were a hardy people and they were accustomed to harsh weather, but this... This storm was something out of the ordinary.  He had ordered the borders closed, announced to the general public to abandon their homes unless they had the old style cellars and sufficient heating and food stocks to last up to two weeks.  The public shelters were clearly marked and from reports a large number of people were moving into them early.  It was a relief that the people were listening.

Of course the bits of televised footage of the devastation in Sweden had a lot to do with people revising how resilient they might be.

Whatever the cause, the more people who sought out the designated shelters the better.  Their logistics allowed for up to two weeks supplies and a weeks worth of heating units with supplement heating supplied by natural fires, solid burn camping units and an abundance of blankets and heavy clothing.  There were generators on hand, four to each shelter to allow for power needs and the figures suggested they would lose mains electricity very early.  They had established communications lines to the shelters, though how long that would keep operational remained in question.  Each shelter had a minimum of three medical teams to provide health services and of course they had provided a security service to ensure there was no trouble.

All in all, they had done what they could.  Very soon now it would be a waiting game.  

End

Karina Robertson  2013