From the cyclone in Myanmar to Thursday's tornadoes in the south severe weather keeps making news.

But is the U.S. ready for another big one? Several area agencies including military, medical, and government came together to put Augusta's disaster response to the test.

This was the scenario:

Hurricane Lynette: the worst to hit Savannah in decades. Emergency crews worked fast to evacuate hundreds of wounded to Augusta.

"Stuff was flying everywhere, a piece of metal hit me in the leg," said Jody Johnston, drill participant. She is one of the lucky ones. Several did not make it. Others were injured far worse.

"Everything from people who are just a little shell-shocked up to people with multiple life threatening injuries," said Lieutenant Colonel Michael Friedman, Medical Coordinator for the disaster drill.

The best way to describe the scene is organized chaos. But this is not real. Though officials say next time the blood and the patients could be very real.

"This is actually closely based on what we did during Hurricane Katrina," said Lieutenant Colonel Kenny Brace, Drill Coordinator.

He says Augusta started helping with patients within 24 hours after Katrina hit and drills like this will help keep Augusta ready for the next national disaster.

"Here in Augusta we have a wealth of medical resources," Brace said. "We have quite a lot to offer the country when it comes to that."

Brace and Friedman agree Thursday's response bodes well for the real worst-case scenario.

"There's certainly always an element of chaos," Friedman said. "in the end I think our response will be supreme."

Jody Johnston, a student at Augusta Tech in real life, says she walked away from today more confident in the response to the next Katrina.

"Everything went really smooth," she said.