Paul O'Brienis an Australian actor, best known of this role in Home and Away as policeman Jack Holden... (wikipedia)
Modern disaster planning began in the 1950s, with hurricanes of all things, and every time something happens we learn a little -- but only a little. People, unfortunately, have short memories. The same things happen again and again and again.
The bottom-line mentality for government, unless something forces the issue, is to do things as cheaply as possible,