Evacuation Reviews Well

Capitol Hill's Roll Call newspaper reports today (sub. req.) that the evacuation of the Captiol went smoothly, with the exception of the Library of Congress, who were apparently out of the "omigod there's a plane coming right for us" loop. Another argument for Cap Police Chief Gainer's plans to merge the LOC police with his own force, apparently.

While I made some critical comments about the manner in which the evacuation was handled, apparently Senate and House Leadership are pleased with the outcome. At least staffers now know what the "plane about to hit us" plan is; while we all hope there isn't a "next time" for this particular drill, perhaps it's best that the staffers know what's going to happen -- before they start getting "impact in one minute" announcements.