Bill Evans, ABC’s Senior Meteorologist for Eyewitness News was the keynote speaker for a table top exercise on hurricanes.  Hurricane Liberty was a private sector table top exercise, with lessons learned or mistakes repeated.

Bill Evans, a member of WABC-TV since December 13th of 1989, Bill is the Senior Meteorologist for Eyewitness News in the Morning and Eyewitness at Noon. Bill, a 5-time Emmy award winner for Outstanding On-Camera Achievement in Weather Broadcasting, also broadcasts the weather with "Scott and Todd in the Morning" and throughout the day on 95.5FM WPLJ Radio. In 1985 the National Weather Service named him "Outstanding Meteorologist" for his forecasting and reporting during Hurricane Elena. Bill has authored some excellent papers and books on hurricanes.

This event was one of the most well attended meetings of the CPE. With well over 200 participants and a panel of experts from insurance, government and private enterprise, we were able to track our tabletop storm through a 6 day path.  In its final 24 hours it turns towards New York. Audience participation was at an all time high working through the scenario as it related to their primary, satellite and agent offices.  We were able to gain a better understanding of how utilities would respond and the insurance risks we would face if this were a real incident.

The Office of Emergency Management provided an excellent template for both this exercise and for their new evacuation planning.