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

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.