I spent a lot of time watching The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com/ this past weekend. A major hurricane, Irene, went up the East Coast and into the Northeast.
I was impressed at all the precautions that the various government entities took. Much of it was centered around New York City, but of course, that is where the population concentration is. But every area hit by Irene had ample warning that this was a serious storm, and precautions needed to be taken.
After the hurricane became a tropical storm and the event seemed anti-climactic, the government entities emphasized the need to be cautious about flooding and power outages. Whether or not that was heeded, who knows.
The precautions that could be taken, were, I believe. I am not sure how anyone could have prepared for the flooding and damage from the flooding in the mountainous areas, except for maybe some sandbagging and evacuations.
The federal government jumped on the need to establish emergency recovery services. I am impressed by that.
I do not think that there was any overkill in the preparation phase of this natural disaster event. And, I see the emergency management agencies working to do what they need to, to help the victims of this storm.
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