katrina was used as a drill for uav and conflict zone communications networks:
the entire katrina genocide was engineered and carefully planned and this + the aims and results have been covered elsewhere but i think its worth reexamining the technological drill aspect in context of this broader review of uav and communications history 
lessons learned indeed
fema's interference is well known and documented but ill add these clippings in the context of comms and uav
katrina was the prototype, a fully engineered 'disaster' (think about that word for a second), for ongoing use of disasters to run drills that are highly relevant to combat situations that will become more commonplace over time - urban environments, rapidly deployed com networks
predictably the 2010 earthquake in haiti, where again criminal aspects of which have been covered extensively but not so much re: technology, was used as a similar playground
and yes, spacex, nasa are important players in more recent history as satcom deployments shift to lower earth orbit
remember they werent tracking down survivors in katrina with uavs in order to save them because they were the ones who blew the levees, it wasnt real, they arent double tapping weddings and picnics in remote areas to fight terrorism because terrorism isnt real, theyre practicing
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