Wal-Mart Ramps Up for Alberto

With Florida in the path of the season's first tropical storm, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ramped up its emergency operations center Monday for the kind of disaster relief effort that won it praise for responding faster than the government last year after Hurricane Katrina. Wal-Mart's emergency management director, Jason Jackson, said last year's successes raised expectations from the private sector in times of disaster. Because of that, he said, the world's largest retailer would coordinate more closely with government agencies, the American Red Cross and even business rivals.

from Forbes