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Originally Posted by eric11210
Actually, the library of congress also keeps a record of virtually every book, musical recording and video recording ever made. There are of course exceptions, but it is the modern day version of the Library of Alexandria. I also imagine that, as with most other things, the American government has some kind of military bunkers where government could continue to function and where the world's knowledge is stored for future use. The United States tends to have been rich enough to have people in government who are actively paid to think about these kinds of disasters and to find ways to preserve the "important people" and knowledge. Not that it will do the rest of us any good. . .
Eric |
Let's just hope you're right, AND that the government has learned some lessons through the years. The fire in 1973 at the Archives in St. Louis destroyed
80% of Army service records for soldiers who got out 1912-1960:
St. Louis fire
I do think we've learned a little bit from it. I deal with present-day service records at work, and even though everything is archived electronically I advise my customers to keep multiple backups of those important documents.