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This video, while humorous, has a lot of truth in it. It is all to often that government's budgetary allocation bypasses disaster mitigation/preparedness activities. It seems that since the probability of a disaster happening is statistically low, funding for mitigating such disasters follows the same suite. Luckily for all of us the government in Folsom County, California has developed a concept that will solve every government's disaster mitigation funding issues.
See video below to see what Folsom County, CA is doing to deal with a potential dam failure.
Preemptive Memorial Honors Future Victims Of Imminent Dam Disaster
Friday, December 14, 2007
This is Preparedness, Pre-Disaster Memorials
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Very true. Before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the legislature was in debate as to how much funding should go towards repairing and strenghthening the sea walls. In the end they decided to only appropriate a small amount of the initial request. Although, It's hard to say that it would have made a drastic difference if they fully funded the repair project. All too often disaster mitigation is cut short, unfortunately the implications are never realized until after the disaster. Good find on the video.
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