By Lt. Col. Thomas L. Traver, CAP, and 1st Lt. Arthur E.
Woodgate, CAP
One of the basic principles of disaster preparedness is planning
for the worst and hoping for the best. When the triple whammy of
hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- two of the most powerful storms on
record -- and Ophelia slammed into this country's Gulf Coast and
Atlantic seaboard respectively within a mere four weeks of each
other, that principle was put to the ultimate test when the Civil
Air Patrol, along with other federal, state and local
disaster-response agencies, responded in the wake of these
devastating storms.
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