tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669692485403201541.post2660521255288565510..comments2023-10-14T09:46:15.499-05:00Comments on Pissin' On The Roses: PREPARE TO EVACUATE!!: Albuquerque Air Force Base Orders 1,200 Particulate Radiation SuitsMs. Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00841651748765791866noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669692485403201541.post-90757578199329709412014-02-26T02:46:18.097-06:002014-02-26T02:46:18.097-06:00Why we don’t prepare for disaster
[excerpt]"T...Why we don’t prepare for disaster<br />[excerpt]"There are four stages of denial," says Eric Holdeman, director of emergency management for Seattle's King County, which faces a significant earthquake threat. "One is, it won't happen. Two is, if it does happen, it won't happen to me. Three: if it does happen to me, it won't be that bad. And four: if it happens to me and it's bad, there's nothing I can do to stop it anyway."<br /><br />[Because the real challenge in the U.S. today is not predicting catastrophes. That we can do. The challenge that apparently lies beyond our grasp is to prepare for them. Dennis Mileti ran the Natural Hazards Center for 10 years, and is the country's leading expert on how to warn people so that they will pay attention… "We know exactly--exactly--where the major disasters will occur," he told me later. "But individuals underperceive risk."]<br /><br />http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1229102-1,00.html<br /><br /><br />Also, I recommend reading: The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why by Amanda Ripley.<br />enoughalready45https://www.blogger.com/profile/18283041383124118566noreply@blogger.com