Its worst-case planning foresaw a maximum outage of just 100,000 customers, or 8 percent of its base of 1.2 million.
"But the Police Department is always doing the worst-case planning exercise: What if a bomb goes off in the middle of a demonstration?
It shuns the worst-case plans sometimes sought by military commanders.
New York City's money shortage is so severe that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's worst-case plan for $500 million in contingency budget cuts may not be enough to balance the budget, the city's Independent Budget Office warned yesterday.
The review will see the government updating worst case scenario planning, considering the future impacts of climate change and carrying out a risk assessment of critical infrastructure such as electricity substations.
In the worst case, the plan could fail and, even with government insurance, workers and retirees could lose benefits.
Learn the pros and cons of any situation Be prepared both materially and emotionally for the worst case scenario Plan to create the best case scenario Hedge your bets with information, mentors, colleagues, and tools that will increase your chances for success GO FOR IT! Don't be overly emotional about either outcome.
As a busy intensive care unit in a district general hospital in the UK, we are intrigued by the worst-case scenario plans for swine flu in our region and the ubiquitous algorithms that form part of this planning.
Worst case scenario, your plan for open communication might make a bad situation much more difficult.
"Using long-term data that extends back hundreds of years or more we can explain worst case scenarios, inform preparedness planning and improve climate resiliency".
"You can't always plan for "worst case" because you would probably never do anything at all on that basis but you have to do more than just plan for "best case"," he said.
