An Aussie Office Of Club Of Rome ?

https://theconversation.com/lessons...th-pacific-earthquake-tsunami-disaster-124275


Good morning all,

Is the sky falling ? Was Club of Rome correct ?

Article about lessons learned from the 2009 South Pacific disaster. A thoughtful reading of this article will show much of the problems of prep, response and recovery are political matters and much less so about disaster risk science.

Is it not realistic to say "small island developing states" just do not - nor ever will - have the resources to properly prepare ? The economies of scale are not present. Even in nice weather, these small island-states have inadequate critical infrastructure. We just witnessed the Bahamas "event" - and the Bahamas are far from being a destitute country.

What happened at the Samoa disaster and the 2011 Japan earthquake-tsunami were just as predictable as the phases of the moon.

Is it a matter of education to not follow the guidance of emergency management organizations ?

To "reduce inequality" requires disestablishment of public universities and other cash-absorbing "Club Meds".

On this side of the globe, many February disaster research trips are taken to the Caribbean.