FEMA warns of major earthquake in the midwest

Glenn Reynolds over at Instapundit posted this story earlier about FEMA warning of a major earthquake hitting along the New Madrid fault.

I grew up about 30 miles from New Madrid so news of this isn't a shock to those who live, or have lived, along the fault line.

Obviously, FEMA is warning of another Katrina type disaster with regions and communities unprepared for the potential disaster.

However, there is a project out of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory that is helping communities prepare for such a catsstrophic event.

The Community and Regional Resilient Initiative is working with communities to help develop and then share critical paths that any community or region may take to strengthen its ability to prepare for, respond to, and rapidly recover from significant man-made or natural disasters with minimal downtime to basic community, government and business services.

Currently, CARRI is doing good work in Memphis, Tennessee; Gulfport, Mississippi and Charleston, South Carolina.

In the fairness of full disclosure, they are a client of mine, but their good work is worth mentioning.