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For Example, after the Blizzard of 78, in SErn New England, people are more likely to sit out a storm than risk going to work or leave work early, and getting stuck, like so many did in 1978 during the evening Rush hour.
Katrina made states quicker to declare states of Emergency to the National Guard/(state)EMA more ready for whatever storm is coming. Also to request federal help prior to the storm.
What storm changed how your region/country did things?.
Where do I start.
March 2010 wind storm made people realize how close trees were to their house and on the road and started taking them down. Widespread Increase in tree removal started in the area.
Historic October snowstorm had power companies implement a rule that branches be 20feet away from the wires instead of 10. It also made them aware that they need to get more backup from other states "BEFORE" a big storm.
Irene and Sandy made people take down trees all over their properties. So basically they spent thousands of dollars taking down trees instead of getting a new roof from the insurance company for the $500-1000 deductible Thanks neighbor for making the area sunnier and hotter now.
Irene made non evacuees believe that its all hype, and Sandy slapped them in the face telling them to listen up next time.
Prior to the March 1962 Noreaster, developers and builders along the New Jersey shore bulldozed down naturally occurring dunes that were along the coast. They advertised homes with "ocean views". Since then you can't touch a dune. They have all almost been completely restored. Vegetated sand dunes more than anything else in the eastern US protect the land behind them when the ocean gets angry.
Hurricane Andrew as you all know Changed everything in miami-dade county. The county reformed the buildings codes made them much stronger and become strict on enforcement(a big problem before andrew was the lack of enforcement
of the building codes). Homestead became a ghost town for the rest of the decade and didn't fully recover until the housing bubble hit. The air force base in homestead was closed(though it later reopened). Andrew ended the era of complacency with hurricanes. Andrew also ended the era of property taxes being more expensive than insurance and caused my insurance companies to go bankrupt. Andrew also forever changed how FEMA operates. It use to be that the affected state first had to shoulder the responsibility of providing assistance before FEMA could get involved. Now FEMA is able to go in even before the storm hits and set up supply centers.
The Floods caused by Hurricane Irene in 1999 and the no named Storm a year later caused the county government to do a massive overhaul of the county drainage system.
2004 season causes people to get complacent as 4 storms are near misses
Hurricane Katrina Surprises people as only 3 days ago it didn't even exist. she causes widespread flooding and power outages(however FPL doesn't revamp the infrastructure as most power lines aren't badly damaged) and ends the complacency of the previous year.
Hurricane Wilma in 2005 caused FPL to wake up to the needs of massive upgrades to it's electric grid due to massive power failures across the region(FPL hadn't upgraded the grid since andrew back in 1992). Wilma also caused an overall of building code when it comes to high rises. when andrew hit, there weren't many and none of them were very tall, so building codes for huge skyscrapers were inadequate. Also, Wilma taught people that storms coming from the gulf side can still cause a considerable amount of damage(many people including many of my family members thought that it would weaken before it got to the atlantic side).
2008-present complacency is returning after more than half a dozen misses.
Huge floods of 1938 resulted in the concreting of the Los Angeles River and the construction of the Sepulveda (and others?) flood control basins.
the Hurricane of 1938 floods in Hartford also lead to the cementing over of the Park river through the middle of the city
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Thanks neighbor for making the area sunnier and hotter now.
