
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 19, 1994                   TAG: 9401190168
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

WOULD-BE RESCUERS STUCK IN D.C.

Reserve rescue teams from Fairfax County, Va., and Montgomery County, Md., won't be heading to the earthquake in Los Angeles as planned because a winter storm prevented them from leaving Washington.

Tuesday's abrupt change in plans left 112 rescue specialists and their gear at Andrews Air Force Base with nowhere to go.

"They've been out there chomping at the bit," said Kathy Landau, a spokeswoman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"They've been stood down. I know they're real disappointed. It's a shame; they're some of the best in the country," she said.

The decision not to go was made just after midnight when Air Force officials were unable to bring planes into Andrews because of ice.

by CNB