the above posts echo my feelings.somehow,I don't feel as though taxpayer money was well spent on this "drill" and think in the long run it probably has done more harm than good.I see alot of "we learned a lot from this disaster and we'll make changes to ensure it dosn't happen again" or "the effected area is approx the size of the UK which made it more difficult to handle"(ala katrina,rita,wilma) after something actually does happen. So what is the largest geographical area/population density that can be effectively handled in a disaster and/or epidemic situation.