What role should the federal government have in rebuilding after disasters? Does its intervention do more harm than good, or is a national government the only actor able to plan strategically and direct the appropriate level of resources to areas of need?
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Rebuilding after disasters
- Thread starter Nebulous
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In New Orleans, they waited on Uncle. In some cases, they are still waiting.
In Biloxi, where Katrina came ashore, they started rebuilding on their own as soon as it stopped raining and were back up and running, to some degree, in just a matter of months.
http://www.mississippirenewal.com/
In Biloxi, where Katrina came ashore, they started rebuilding on their own as soon as it stopped raining and were back up and running, to some degree, in just a matter of months.
http://www.mississippirenewal.com/
Ideally, in the first place, the regions affected should've had the capacity to do it on their own, but the Federal government has a degree of culpability when a natural disaster, like a hurricane, tornado, etc. strikes, as part of its duty to protect and preserve the welfare of the citizens of our nation, in the U.S. (and I believe that is an attitude that is beneficial to the world as a best practice).
There are obviously things individuals need to do - because our government hypothetically is the net result of our people, anyway, so we can only do as good as the weakest link in the chain - to not make the problem worse, but the fact is, some things, particularly like natural disasters, are beyond the abilities of individuals, or even community groups comprised of individuals.
However, reaction can be mitigated by what most people will say is the number one strategy for avoiding trouble in a lot of things - and that is Prevention. If the most severely damaged areas of New Orleans were prepared better ahead of time, there could've been less damage. Supplies ready ahead of time, less damage; more people evacuated, less damaged. There were failures on multiple fronts with Katrina.
Even with Corporatist-caused disasters - like the BP Spill, Prevention would've done a lot; tighter regulations and enforcement would've made it so if a spill still did happen, there would be a ready and defined contingency.
Though it doesn't help sometimes when people are begging for help - and nobody comes, or when somebody says I've got it!, and then drops the ball...
There are obviously things individuals need to do - because our government hypothetically is the net result of our people, anyway, so we can only do as good as the weakest link in the chain - to not make the problem worse, but the fact is, some things, particularly like natural disasters, are beyond the abilities of individuals, or even community groups comprised of individuals.
However, reaction can be mitigated by what most people will say is the number one strategy for avoiding trouble in a lot of things - and that is Prevention. If the most severely damaged areas of New Orleans were prepared better ahead of time, there could've been less damage. Supplies ready ahead of time, less damage; more people evacuated, less damaged. There were failures on multiple fronts with Katrina.
Even with Corporatist-caused disasters - like the BP Spill, Prevention would've done a lot; tighter regulations and enforcement would've made it so if a spill still did happen, there would be a ready and defined contingency.
Though it doesn't help sometimes when people are begging for help - and nobody comes, or when somebody says I've got it!, and then drops the ball...
