This exercise gives responders an opportunity to learn lessons and tighten up planning processes without real-world damage or casualties.

A hurricane is much different than an earthquake, there is no planning for an earthquake it's not going to give us three days notice.

Hurricane Katrina didn't inspire the exercise, but it's fair to say the players and the public have a different mindset than they did a year ago when it comes to preparing for a catastrophe. This exercise gives responders an opportunity to learn lessons and tighten up planning processes without real-world damage or casualties.

I think that Greenwich does exercise its review process through (the Planning and Zoning Commission) as the local agent that looks at harbor issues. Greenwich does a pretty good job of that. Overall, I'm not quite sure in dealing and listening to towns that have harbor management plans what benefit they really have had.

We make sure our plans say we can do what we want to do and not have false expectations. Therefore there is not missed opportunities.

Rock the Block wasn't planning on putting on an event this semester, but we couldn't turn down the opportunity to help out a good cause.