Catastrophe 28
Catastrophe 28 : "You see, one of the lessons I think we have learned from last year's hurricanes is, we've got to look at the challenge of the catastrophic event, not only at the point where the catastrophe hits, but in all the areas around that point that are going to receive the collateral or cascading effects of that catastrophe. When we have a major event, whether it be a terrorism event or a natural disaster, that causes a lot of people to move out of a particular area, they're going to go someplace. And a lot of them are going to go to your cities or your towns, and you're going to have to be able to deal with that challenge. So one dramatic change we've made in the wake last year's hurricanes and in anticipation of this hurricane season and whatever else is coming in the course of this coming year, is we're looking now at planning not only for managing the emergency in the location where the emergency occurs, but managing the emergency all over the country. (Chertoff, Remarks by Secretary Michael Chertoff at the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference, Washington, DC: League of Cities, March 214, 2006)
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