Milk, bread and TP won't cut it.

Region Lacks Unified Evacuation Plan February 4, 2008 - 9:00am WASHINGTON - In the event of a catastrophe, officials have prepared evacuation plans for the Washington metro area. In fact, they've prepared lots of them. (WTOP)

Sadly, this only tells us what many in the region already knew. Sadly, none of us is truly ready for an emergency and the chaos that was Katrina will pale to insignificance should the National Capital Region ever have to deal with a real emergency.