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Lessons 'unlearned': 20 years after Katrina, disaster readiness lags in the US
- WarOnPrivacy 1y agoHere on the gulf coast, volunteer orgs are among the first responders to hurricane events. They're good at handling the first 10% of what needs doing by supplying necessities and emptying out flooded residences. That's about the limit of what they can do. And even that is increasingly stressed as 1-per-15yr cleanups transition into 2x/yr cleanups. source: responding since 96