For once the word “epic” isn’t hyperbole. Dorian has been that and more.
The nightmare in the Bahamas is awful and there doesn’t seem to be clarity on how many have died or are missing.
So much confusion and it seems the authorities are overwhelmed.
That’s how it goes, seems like every time.
Cities and government train to recover from disaster, using the equipment, logistics, and infrastructure that’s in place BEFORE the storm.
Storm knocks out a key facility or two, the road network, the airport, and comms networks, and they become helpless.
Can’t open the roads due to no comms. Can’t work around a damaged key installation or command center, due to closed road net.
Air assets waiting to fly in, but ATC or a runway down, they all run in circles chasing their tails for days, until the outcry and global shame forces them into a brute force approach, with outside help.
Realistic preps are the key.
“Nice new billion dollar mobile command post?”
Park it. Storm knocked the sat dish and gennie out. Make it all work, anyway.