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>
>.. So, the focus absolutely has to be on how to respond to a disaster. It has
> to be that way, whether you get people evacuated 100% or not. Because the
> disaster isn't just about the hurricane, flooding, and tornadoes. It's
> about millions of displaced people in the event of a major storm. You can
> only _manage_ a disaster, you can't eliminate it. And, it's not just that a
> hurricane's damage will be greatest at the shore. Historically, the most
> death and destruction occurs inland. I'll dig out the numbers on that, but
> you'd be surprised at how many _other_ states suffer more death and
> destruction than Florida does when a hurricane strikes here.
>
> The idiocy of thinking that something like this can be managed by a mayor
> is ludicrous. A mayor is hardly in the position to negotiate with his own
> county sometimes, let alone other counties and even other states.
>
> Kelley
Kelley can I forward this whole thing along? It deserves wider circulation.