Ten states were rated in a Homeland Security Department scorecard as having sufficient plans to respond to disasters: Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont.
Agency: Cities Not Prepared for Disasters | Chicago Tribune
And here's the bad.
The shortcomings in emergency planning, including antiquated and uncoordinated response guidelines, are cause "for significant national concern," Homeland Security's analysis concluded.
Of course these are Homeland Security guidelines here, Which may or may not have anything to do with the real world. It's a little hard to tell when you read stuff like this:
More than half of New Orleans' plans -- 58 percent -- were described as insufficient to respond to catastrophes, and only 4 percent met the minimum federal guidelines.
Fifty-eight percent of New Orleans' plans? How many plans do they have? And, "minimum federal guidelines" is not a particularly encouraging thought. Probably if you live in New Orleans your best plan, personally, is to buy a boat. No sense moving to Iowa - they didn't even make the cut.
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