The New York Times reported that if a natural disaster , or any large scale drama, struck Philadelphia bad things would happen.
Like usual for this town, the government is to blame.
The story said:
"But in large chunks of the country, far more limited progress has been made to prepare for catastrophe, a recent federal assessment concluded. The Department of Homeland Security, FEMA’s parent agency, rated only 27 percent of the states and 10 percent of the cities evaluated as adequately prepared “to cope with a catastrophic event.” Dallas, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City and Philadelphia were among the low scorers.
In Philadelphia, for example, emergency radio systems are not reliable throughout city, plans to care for the elderly and the disabled are not complete, shelter space is insufficient and contracts for emergency supplies mostly do not exist — all lapses that contributed to the debacle in New Orleans last year."
Good Lord!
Why does everything in this city suck?
At least we have a budget surplus.
Maybe city officials will use some of the extra millions to prepare for a possible disaster.
Wait a minute.
Philadelphia is already in the midst of human catastrophe, i.e. the disgustingly high murder rate.
What is local government doing to stop the bloodshed?
Who knows.
One thing is for sure, if a hurricane/tornado/earthquake were to strike this city, don’t count on your local government to save you.