Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes
by morsch on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:58PM
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You propose that people should look after themselves, and their belonings. Presumably some of the things people need to do in preparation for a hurricane benefit from economies of scale. Temporary shelter, preparing for rescue operations, structural engineering, stocking of supplies. People would probably be well advised to band together in some sort of emergency management cooperative to share expenses and increase efficiency.
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Re:FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes
by matthewmacleod on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:09PM
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I don't think anybody was arguing otherwise.
The point is that hurricanes are arguably a less difficult emergency to manage – they are predictable, understood and come with plenty of notice, to the point that individual preparation is both possible and effective.
This doesn't mean that centrally-coordinated emergency response isn't still useful – merely that it's not unreasonable for it to cost more to prepare for a rare and unpredictable emergency than a more frequent but predictable one.