Hurricane Sandy blew through the northeast last weekend and Monday. The aftermath is horrific. The disaster is wide spread, the recovery slow and frustrating. There is a lot of criticism at the delays in the recovery effort. But the reality is, no matter how much pre-positioned help there is, no matter how much help is imported after the storm, no matter how much money is pumped into the rescue effort, a disaster this wide spread, with this magnitude of destruction, is going to require a long time for recovery.
We are a society of quick fixes. We expect that. And, when it is possible, that is good. But it is not always possible.
If I were a survivor of Hurricane Sandy, I would want my life normalized as soon as it could be. I would have little patience for delays in help, insurance assessment and payment, government and public services being restored.
But only so much can be done safely in a short period of time. It just takes time.
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