OMAHA - Weeks before the novel coronavirus hit Nebraska, medical experts from around the nation communicated regularly by email, pondering the severity of the outbreak, sharing frustrations and planning for the worst.

The chain of emails includes several messages from Dr. James Lawler, a director in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Global Center for Health Security, who worked with Gov. Pete Ricketts to develop Nebraska’s pandemic plan.

The group of experts nicknamed the email chain “Red Dawn,” a nod to the 1984 film starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen about an invasion of the United States. The emails were obtained by the New York Times.

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