Alright here's part 2 of my Hurricane Sandy mitigation posts. In this post, I'll be taking a look into the post Sandy mitigation techniques; i.e. how they provide assistance, solutions and aid to the areas hit by the hurricane. I should also clarify here that when I say they, I'm referring to the U.S. government.
According to the Huffington Post, there are a few key ways to improve upon the protection in the area like lower cost solutions and sea walls. FEMA is also providing aid in the form of door to door assistance as well as Disaster Recovery centers being set up around the area.
I guess they're doing the best they can, but I agree with Huffington Post and many others who think that the term '100 year flood' should be changed. People seem to think that they only occur once every 100 years when in fact they are more like percentages, the likelihood of such a flood occurring is 1%.
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