FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes

Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes by coldcode on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:06PM (#24295036)

Tell that to the people who died in New Orleans in Katrina due to ACOE's terrible levees.

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Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes by jjcon on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:10PM (#24295102)

Just because people have died in a natural disaster doesn’t make it FEMAs job to prevent building damage. Not sure what you’re getting at

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Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:56PM (#24295667)

I believe that coldcode is pushing back on Retric's statement that hurricanes rarely kill people in the US. But, OK, coldcode found a counterexample. That doesn't make "rarely" untrue, no matter how much we all remember the counterexample.

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Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes by thatcat on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:37PM (#24297011)

Rarity is relative to the comparison, is it rare compared to terror deaths?

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