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Submitted by justintharp on June 18, 2006
Category: Social Issues
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In the last century in the United States there have been approximately sixty-five-hundred deaths incurred from hurricanes when taking into consideration only the top twenty deadliest. The numbers are incredibly difficult to verify when trying to account for a cumulative total and become especially staggering if taking into consideration the more than sixteen-hundred lives lost just last year in Hurricane Katrina, which was the second deadliest hurricane known to the United States. (source 5) While death tolls are obviously the worst figures to think about in conjunction with nature's fury, devastating totals of economic hardship are sad reality and sad when thought is focused on it, between money required for repairing damages and providing proper sustenance to survivors, which may or may not include families of victims. Given nature's aptitude for the unpredictable, paired with the inevitability of natural disasters such as hurricanes, it should be paramount for the United States government to have quick and plentiful resources for disaster relief. Of course, the key word in the preceding statement is "should." It should be paramount, but the shortcomings of improper preparations by the government in solidifying the actions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), would make it seem otherwise.
Of course FEMA can only be held responsible for the care given to survivors, in providing relief for the living, but does not have in hand in any restoration plans or actions. While the hope is that no one person could or would debate the utmost importance in taking no shortcuts in allocating proper funds and means for the relief and support of said survivors, there is a great deal of debate on the other large aspect of a disaster's aftermath. The debate would be on what is truly appropriate funding for rebuilding and restoring damages incurred. Rather than addressing a broad spectrum, as done in the preceding, it will be easy to focus on such debates in...
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