Preventing A Catastrophe Begins With Careful Disaster Grants Management

When it comes to natural disasters, we humans are supposed to be the most able to prepare for them and thus avoid the tragedy they bring

. Unfortunately, we are afflicted with a condition aptly described as blood priority. It is the reason we must work so hard to attain adequate disaster grants management to protect our population.

A part of our problem is the nearly universal trait of humans to assume that even though we know something bad could happen, we are sure it will not happen to us. This is at its most basic, a protective instinct for our mental well being; after all we can not survive long if we are constantly afraid of everything. No one can learn to drive a car until they get over the fear that the every oncoming vehicle may swerve into our lane and hit us head on.

In truth, the main reason the clever television analysts seem so enlightened is that a significant portion of the decision making process facing the disaster preparation officials has been obviated. The fact that the catastrophe has occurred eliminates the uncertainty officials have to take into account when deciding to expend funds for preparation. It is easy to make fun of the decision not to spend two million dollars when the catastrophe caused 20 million dollars in damage. But absent the 20 million dollar loss, the expenditure of two million dollars for preparation is not so clear.

It is not possible to categorically prove that an accident did not occur because of a specific preparatory action, and the same is true in disaster prevention. When the effort is successful, there is no way to prove it was because the event did not occur. With the never ending competition for the funds needed to make ready for calamities, it is far too easy to find other uses that generate more tangible benefits.

It falls then to the elected officials we entrust with running the nation to make the decisions, despite their unpopularity, to be prepared for the unthinkable. No one would now question the prudence of spending the enormous amount of money it would have taken to shore up the levees of Louisiana before hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately, if the action had been taken and no disaster occurred, there is no certainty that anyone would have known the disaster that had been prevented, and so that lesson would remain unlearned for the other Katrina like situations.

The analogy fits well with the military readiness; the amount of money spent on keeping a standing armed force ready and able is one of the first targets in peacetime. When an adequate force is ready and able, proving that the existence of that force prevented an aggressor from acting is impossible, and so no lesson on the value of preparedness is learned.

The thankless requirement belongs to governments to strap on the burden of making the difficult and often criticized decisions to take action and get our cities ready for the unthinkable. They must e the ones to imagine the volcano erupts, the river swells to overflowing with freakishly heavy rainfall, or that earthquakes can threaten the city high rises. Because there is never enough funding to accomplish these necessary projects, the cities that have the best disaster grants management process in place will fare the best.

disaster grants management

by: Vonda Mckay

POST COMMENT

Reduction And Management Of Pantry Pest Best Practices For Scope Management The Value Of Geriatric Care Management Services Basic Operational Management Glossary from POME by Gautam Koppala Basic Operational Management Glossary part 2 from POME by Gautam Koppala The Importance of Online Brand Management Basic Operational Management Glossary part 3 from POME by Gautam Koppala Basic Operational Management Glossary part 4 from POME by Gautam Koppala Basic Operational Management Glossary part 5 from POME by Gautam Koppala Basic Operational Management Glossary part 6 from POME by Gautam Koppala Supply Chain Management—manage it efficiently How important is Forex Money Management? China Should Strengthen The Agricultural Subsidy Program, And Fund Management Purchase