Not for Katrina, the FAA had to truck in equipment before opening some
of the airports. The relief types have said that nothing beats the
bandwidth of 18 wheelers which go directly where needed such as the
Superdome where despite what was reported in the media FEMA delivered
food and water Monday afternoon.

can be a
"Paul kgyy" wrote in message
ups.com...
After hurricanes and earthquakes, it appears that often the airports
become operable before highways and railroads for emergency supplies.

It seems to me that a reasonable (required?) part of ANY community
planning for emergencies in areas subject to these kinds of disasters
should be thoughtful location of a small airport with 1 runway and
plenty of area for parking while unloading.

Perhaps "thoughtful" combined with political action is an oxymoron,
however.