Emergency planning

The events of Katrina have highlighted a lot of issues regarding EP. I was discussing the events and it was mentioned that the cell phones were no working and communication was limited. The police chief was using runners, etc.
Ok, prof, what would have done? Besides the obivous, in my EP I would have have the numbers to every ham operator in the coomunity. What, that is so outdated. Options? Sat phones. Ok, and your budget can handle that?
Every seminar that I have led on EP I discuss some of the issues of regarding comm. If an airplane crashes, do you have good comm? If you have another 9/11, do you have good comm? Another way to put it, have you accomplished a thorough risk analysis? RA is more than assessing what could do immediate physical harm but the latent events that are over looked that could have a serious affect on the operation.
So rally the hams and get comm.
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