Natural Disasters: Be Prepared
October 10, 2016
10/10/16 – With Hurricane Matthew leaving behind damages estimated to be nearing $6 billion, a vast swath of the Southeast likely faces massive rebuilding, if past experience is the guide. In Issues, a strategic planner who helped develop a “decision tool” to aid recovery efforts after Hurricane Sandy has proposed what he considers a better approach, centered on shifting the nation’s current tendency to react to natural disasters and instead to prepare for them.