There’s an old saying that generals always fight the last war. In communities hit by hurricanes, it could be said that governments often fight the last storm.
That situation is understandable. When a hurricane moves through a city, enormous amounts of data are collected about its path and any storm surge; other related flooding; or power outages. Each hurricane that passes through our coastal communities is followed by a series of “fixes” that draw from those past data to make our power plants and other key facilities more resilient. Yet what if such fixes aren’t really fixes at all?
Image: Aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, 2016 Credit: Paul Brennan Pixabay
