There have been lots of exercises between agencies regarding terrorism. This will be the first one on the water.

The (Seattle) Office of Emergency Management's aim is to make sure the city operates as a whole in the event of an earthquake or other disaster, even though it is made up of 28 independent departments. How do we coordinate the delivery of all the necessary services? Landslides are unfolding disasters ... (and) good practice for us, for making sure that that critical coordination is in place.

All of this is so much easier if you share some of the responsibilities with your neighbors.

Absolutely, (the landslide mitigation program) has made a difference. Like with earthquake preparation, the trick is to get the people in neighborhoods to prepare.

We are taking a look at all the communication systems and plans and redundancies that we have in place in Seattle.

I feel awful and apologize. I would like to get the requested information to council members in whatever format works for everybody.