I copied this out of the Emergency Management reddit group, and thought it would be a good topic for discussion here.
Diehard Movie
Has anyone here ever watched "Live Free or Die Hard" from 2007? The 4th diehard movie? It's pretty applicable for EM (in my opinion).
The main plot is about critical infrastructure going down from a cyberattack because the main hacker dude used to be the chief engineer of DOD Infrastructure Security, and he showed generals what it would look like if the whole infrastructure went down, so transportation, water, electricity, finances, etc; and he got fired because he embarrassed people.
The whole incident is a shitshow, with DHS, FBI, NSA, Public Works, etc; all scattered and lacking coordination, especially when the satellites, landlines, and phones go down, and this film also emphasizes why it's important to brief and stay in touch with the public, albeit that becomes difficult in the second half of this film.
FEMA also gets criticized a bit in this movie about Hurricane Katrina (but when has that ever been new?).
I thought it was a great movie since 1, it's diehard, but 2, it shows why it's important to have systems, plans and backups in place for incidents, it's important to have everyone trained in NIMS and ICS, what it looks like when systems and infrastructure goes down, and how it looks like when there's "ripple" effects that happen and how they ultimately affect everyone.
Any thoughts?