If you woke up in the morning and you noticed you had a flat tire,,, would you change the tire before you drove?
Silly question right? Of course you would, because driving a car with a flat tire would cause even more damage than the flat tire itself. Simple right? If you can take action to prevent further damage or injuries you take it.
Now take a look at the article attached.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090907/ARTICLE/909079989/-1/NEWSSITEMAP
We have seen the effects of natural disasters, specifically hurricanes in the past. As the article states "Hurricanes pose the most dangerous, destructive and widespread natural threat to the nation". Still, when it comes to funding for solutions to reduce or eliminate damage of this type of natural disaster, we are in a reactive mode. How is it that we can afford the additional costs after the fact when we can't afford the upfront costs for prevention? More importantly, it's not just money we're talking about, there's a life factor as well. Prevention WILL SAVE LIVES!
Now is the time to look at a different approach.
DD
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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3 comments:
There certainly doesn't seem to be much logic here. What will it take to turn things around?
Great question and I assume you get what I'm proposing. I just think the government is overwhelmed in this arena. There is money allocated for immediate needs and mitigation but the process to receive funding is confusing and a boat load of work. Talking to Emergency Managers across the country I've found that they sometimes need to prepare analysis 3 times over. This drags things out further and makes things worse, sorta like kicking you when you're down. If we can create a fund that delivers a bridge for that gap, at least it would keep the rebuilding and educating moving until the towns received the funding.
DD
I do get what you are proposing and I fully applaud you in your efforts. It's just that there is so much bureaucracy, it's like hitting a brick wall. But I guess even brick walls can crumble.
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