The day after my conference I travelled by train to Long Island, to a town called Hicksville. I was meant to spend some time in NYC with Terry Winters from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, however due to the huge impact of Hurricane Irene, Terry has been deployed to Nassau County Emergency Planning in Hicksville where he is assisting those whose properties were damaged by Irene.
Terry met me from the train station and we drove to the Center. It was exteremely intersting to see Terry in action (below), and it was time well spent. The Center also houses some scientific research companies. I was lucky to be invited to see a mapping system in action, it was truly amazing, very James Bond, so I can't write much more about that!
