By Janet Zimmerman
” The potential for devastating floods have not garnered the same attention or concern as earthquakes among planners and the public, said Dale Cox, project manager for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project, the group behind the drills.”
“The Big One as it relates to a storm is not really there for people. They’re not thinking of 1861 — probably not even of 1986 — and it’s not your water-cooler disaster that you might talk about. In a sense, that’s a problem … these extreme events are, given climate change, more likely in the future.”
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