Ummmm, shouldn't they have done this by now? Better late than never?
re: :...shouldn't they have done this by now?"
Read between the lines... The operative phrases are "high impact events" and "long term recovery".
This seems to concede the possibility of a UMCE [ultra-mass casualty event] that could affect the entire country for some time to come. Obvious question would, of course, be "Why now?"
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Better late than never? This is a prime example of bureaucracy taking its time to get an urgent job completed.
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