Hurricane Ian's devastating impact prompted an emergency drill on Long Island. With no advanced notice, every Nassau County department head was called in for the all-hands-on-deck exercise. GusoffTV reports.
Nassau County conducted a full scale tabletop exercise to practice disaster readiness, CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
The drill was to practice plans starting five days from a hurricane - the"what ifs" and"how-tos" - if Long Island may be inundated. "It doesn't matter if it's a Category 1 or Category 5. It's the storm surge. The water is the biggest killer in a hurricane," Acting Nassau County OEM Commissioner Richard Corbett. , who said he's comforted by the response.
As evidenced in Florida, people don't always listen to evacuation orders. Researchers at Hofstra University create virtual reality simulations to change minds.
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