Via Jesse at Pandagon, it seems that New Orleans had contracted with a private firm to help with this very thing. Somehow, I don’t see these guys qualifying for that performance bonus.
The IEM team will complete a functional exercise on a catastrophic hurricane strike in Southeast Louisiana and use results to develop a response and recovery plan. A catastrophic event is one that can overwhelm State, local and private capabilities so quickly that communities could be devastated without Federal assistance and multi-agency planning and preparedness. June 3, 2004
Apparently, this crew isn’t very well connected and could pull no weight with the Feds.
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