Many communities are not prepared when disaster strikes. Houses are destroyed, communication lines are cut, quantity of food and water is very little etc. Disasters happen fast. To help people start the recovery process; the local government has the flexibility and resources to provide help immediately. However, since long-term recovery requires assistance beyond the budget of any particular state or municipality— the federal government should have the responsibility of ultimately getting people and businesses functioning again.

The first response to a disaster should be the job of the local or state government, with the help of volunteer agencies. They will need to supply electrical power, food, water, shelter and other basic human needs. However, the long-term recovery phase should be taken care of by the federal government if the municipal and/or state government are unable to financially support their people and/or the governor requests for a major disaster declaration but he must also execute state funds and resources for reconstruction efforts. Had a major disaster occurred such as a hurricane or flood, and the happening was clearly more that the state/local government can handle, the federal government should intervene and put their funds to good use such as helping disaster victims, businesses, and private units.

A disaster is the tragedy of a natural or human-made hazard that negatively affects society or environment. When a disaster strikes, it strikes fast and many times unexpectedly. Many people do not have the time or money to prepare for these tragedies; so who must help them in their time of need? My response is that everyone must take a part in the reconstruction process, whether it’s from the donation of money, food and water, or supplies. Helping people in need helps form one body of society instead of many dismembered parts.
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is there anything i can add to it to make it longer? and at the end is that a proper concluding sentence? am i missing punctuation? grammar? spelling?

thankyou sooo much for your help

I was just listening to Pat Robertson on You Tube. Terrorists do take advantage of political changes, 1993 (Clinton), 2001 (Bush), 2007 (New Congress?). Not a big leap to think of a terrorist attack in 2007. Kind of an anti-climax announcement.

But it did get me thinking, how many people actually prepare for a possible disaster by having a few days of food around, flash lights, medical supplies, that kind of thing. The normal Red Cross Be Prepared kind of thing.

All the "Oh my God the world is going to be destroyed by…" Nuclear war, global warming, terrorists, hurricanes, tornadoes, infestations of caterpillars, etc can leave this one alone.

I just want to know how many reasonably normal people have checked out ready.gov and have some emergency supplies around in case of a disaster.
Thanks. The ratio of real answers to silly answers tells me a lot too. Looks like if there was a major disaster any major urban center in the country things would end up a lot like they were in Louisiana. On the other hand, it kind of looks like people in rural or suburban areas might be better prepared. Kind of a common sense thing I would guess. some kind of ratio of storage space versus costs versus convince and availability, I would assume.

Thanks.