jhetley

Well, to be fair, they were all briefed at the same time on what was predicted to happen. Since they turned to him immediately, it does indicate that they were at least being proactive about it. Everything I've seen in the media indicates that the local governments of the affected areas were in the trenches at the time, actually making the attempt. I certainly think their long range disaster planning was terribly poor, at least in comparison to the local government planning I see in my town.