I was tasked to help run some of the stations for NEO when I was "fortunate" enough to be stationed there.

I was just freaking amazed at how lightly the spouses took the entire excersize and how unprepared they would be should it be real. They would show up in dresses and flip flops - this was mid February with 2 feet of snow on the ground - and not have half the required paperwork. Probably 20% didn't have a clue what to do anyhow.

Great initial post btw, lots of insight.

What got tons of screams, the fact that pets would not be evac'd. They would be euthanized on site. Oh how they hollered...