It's not a matter of overriding everything or nothing. Any crisis is going to involve some level of standard operating procedures not working, even with the bes

It's not a matter of overriding everything or nothing. Any crisis is going to involve some level of standard operating procedures not working, even with the best planning (though the US through out planning beforehand). Effective action requires a chain of events all happening and some central institution has to look at the process as a whole because 9 out of 10 things happening well can easily not be enough.