10th Sept, 2005. On a lower rooftop of the wrecked Hyatt Hotel in downtown New
Orleans the O.E.M. (Office of Emergency Management) takes shape. Contractors for
Unisys start to rebuild the communications, command and control computer networks
and infrastructure that is vital to the rebuilding of New Orleans following the devastation
of Hurricane Katrina. Ben Smith aligns infra red free space optic radio links as the
process of resurrecting the city begins in earnest.