Ten Years Ago: A Haiti Disaster Relief Scenario Tested by US Military One Day Before the Earthquake

This article was first published ten years ago in the immediate wake if the Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2000,

The disaster relief scenario and exercise were HELD ONE DAY BEFORE IT HAPPENED. on January 11, 2000 under the auspices of US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), the regional military command responsible for the Southern part of the Western Hemisphere.

Was this coincidental or did USSOUTHCOM have foreknowledge of what was going to happen the following day?

Bear in mind, USSOUTHCOM is not a humanitarian entity with a mandate to channel emergency assistance.

A Haiti disaster relief scenario had been envisaged at the headquarters of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in Miami one day prior to the January 12, 2010 earthquake.

The holding of pre-disaster simulations pertained to the impacts of a hurricane in Haiti. They were held on January 11, 2010

(Bob Brewin, Defense launches online system to coordinate Haiti relief efforts (1/15/10) — GovExec.com, complete text of article is contained in Annex)

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense (DoD), was involved in organizing these scenarios on behalf of US Southern Command.(SOUTHCOM).