I'm not so sure. It's an organization problem. Over time people are capable of organizing themselves to overcome pretty much any problem, including large scale

I'm not so sure. It's an organization problem. Over time people are capable of organizing themselves to overcome pretty much any problem, including large scale environmental events. See eg. Water Boards[1] in the Netherlands for dealing with the inverse problem (regular flooding). Possibly this takes multiple similar disasters in a row before people decide enough is enough. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_board_(Netherlands) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_board_(Netherlands)