UPDATE ON TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE HANNA:

UNCLAS STATE 094296 FOLLOWING FSC CHARLESTON 01733 DTD 031535Z SEP 08 SENT ACTION MESSAGING COMM OFFICER INFO SECSTATE WASHDC BEING REPEATED FOR YOUR ACTION: QUOTE: UNCLAS FSC CHARLESTON 001733 MCO REPEAT TO ALDAC POSTS INCLUDING MINIMIZE FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICERS, MANAGEMENT OFFICERS/COUNSELORS, USOFFICE FSC BANGKOK FOR DIRECTOR ISMAIL ASMAL PARIS ALSO FOR FSTO DIRETOR JAMES INDER DEPARTMENT FOR AF/EX, EAP/EX, EUR-IO/EX, NEA/SCA/EX, WHA/EX SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ABUD AFIN AMGT KFSC SUBJECT: UPDATE ON TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE HANNA: FINANCIAL TRANSACTION PROCESSING IN GFS CHARLESTON REF: STATE 93885 OF 09/02/2008 ¶1. The trajectory of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna has slowed and it is now expected to make landfall very late Friday evening or Saturday morning somewhere between the middle of Florida,s Atlantic Coast and the middle North Carolina, an area which includes all of South Carolina. GFS Charleston continues to make preparations for the eventuality that the storm could come ashore near Charleston. (as advised in reftel). ¶2. All financial operations in Charleston will continue as normal for Wednesday, September 3 and are currently planned to continue through noon Thursday, September 4. We will reassess the progress of Hanna around 3pm Wednesday and again Thursday morning and will provide updates as necessary. ¶3. Posts and Bureaus are again encouraged to plan on a short interruption of service sometime on Thursday and/or Friday. ¶4. Posts are reminded that this message applies to all posts including those serviced by GFS Bangkok. ¶5. MINIMIZE CONSIDERED MILLETTE UNQUOTE RICE