Disaster preparedness, Chicago style
Plans were "leaked" yesterday for a disaster-preparedness drill to be held in downtown Chicago sometime next week. This has Chicagoland commentators up in arms. One city official was quoted as saying that there has to be some "chaos" involved in the whole operation. Employees in the designated downtown areas have not been notified of just when the drill is to take place, nor will bystanders know that "it's just a drill" when it happens. City officials want people to be just as dazed, confused... Sign in to see full entry.