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Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes by whatshisface on Thursday August 27, 2020 @11:38AM (#24294731)
That would imply that it would only be worth trying to prepare for hurricanes, because work there would improve public reception, while terrorist attacks would go badly no matter what you did.
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Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes by akman on Thursday August 27, 2020 @11:44AM (#24294799)
Unless you prevent them from being successful in the first place.

As a side note, I wonder if there's also a bias that human minds are more easily controlled than forces of nature. That may also come into play here.

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Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes by thatcat on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:12PM (#24295897)
It’s harder to convince people that your suppressing imaginary hurricanes
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Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes by kgermino on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:01PM (#24295725)
But FEMA can't prevent attacks, they only show up after something happens so there’a no incentive for the agency to focus on terrorism from that angle.
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