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Hurricane Ike - The Forgotten Disaster
Among friends, the lack of national attention concerning the Hurricane Ike recovery has been a topic of conversation. The explanations we have include:
There was one comment of note to the Houston Press article--- "Now you tell us what happened, but the important thing is to tell us what we can do about it." Recovery lessons can be learned from Hurricanes Ike and Katrina so the impact of the devastation minimized. Federal, state and local governments with coastal areas should have emergency regulations in place and ready to be enacted expecting these types of rare occurrences. Building permitting has to be expedited. New National Flood Building Regulations have to be made much quicker so that those in the most severely devastated areas are not waiting months for permission to rebuild. FEMA has to be more practical regarding federal infrastructure regulations so that local officials can replace infrastructure with an eye to practical and much quicker repair. There needs to be exemptions from the National Flood Regulations which recognize historic areas, such as parts of Galveston, so we do not destroy the unique characteristics of communities with historical significance. While, governments were much better prepared for Hurricane Ike than Hurricane Katrina, we can still do a better job. I am afraid that revised lessons are not going to be learned because the national attention is elsewhere. It is pretty certain that this song will remain the same the next time we arrive in a catastrophically damaged community. Posted by: Merlin Law Group
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