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Part 4: Training for Chaos — Rethinking Exercises and Education
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Part 4: Training for Chaos — Rethinking Exercises and Education

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Jul 27, 2025
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The Drill That Didn’t Save the Day

The tornado sirens worked. The emergency operations center activated. The public information officer posted scripted messages. On paper, everything went according to the plan. But when the real storm came, systems failed, panic spread, and coordination collapsed.

So what went wrong?

The answer is clear. We were trained fo…

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