Katrina experience shaped National Guard's plan for LI
Quick ReadActing on lessons learned five years ago this Saturday, New York's National Guard has refined its emergency plan.
Photo credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas | Lt. Col. James Coan, Deputy State Army Aviation Officer, is shown with one of the helicopters at the New York Air National Guard's aviation support facility at MacArthur Airport. (Aug. 26, 2010)
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As National Guard helicopter crews from Long Island flew over the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana crew members realized they were not prepared should a similar storm hit back home.
Acting on lessons learned five years ago this Saturday, New York's Guard has refined its emergency plan, said Lt. Col. James Coan, an Oakdale resident who helped lead the state's Task...
