Evacuation plan needs more work

David, our homegrown homeland-security consultant, thinks the city's evacuation plan should have "DRAFT" slapped on it:

... Some aspects are OK, and it does seem to reflect some post-Katrina re-examination, but on first blush I don't see the kind of flexibility needed to deal with those disasters, whether a Katrina flood or a terrorist attack, that break the rules and don't fit the planners' assumptions. ...

Mats, who once did mobilization planning for the Swedish army, also has questions, but says the plan is better than doing nothing:

... One should be realistic about the prospects for any evacuation plan, but, as that old commandment says, Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. A 70% execution of a 50% plan is a whole lot better than a 100% execution of a 0% plan. ...