“self-inflicted catastrophe” (82)
“’[M]an-made’ changes, not natural ones, are responsible for the increased destruction” of recent hurricanes” (118)
“federalization of risk” (81)
“the transformation of natural disaster from a localized problem into a national one” (81)
“the U.S. government’s efforts to underwrite life on the edge of obliteration” (81)
“[W]hat the flood should have taught people was never to sell short the power of the federal government (in league with various private interests) to create disaster” (98).
“living on the edge of disaster” (89)
“[R]isk does not simply exist, it is produced” (98)
“state-sponsored risk taking”; “institutionalized risk taking” (120)
“if you want safety you have to pay for it” (96)
1950: Presidential power to authorize relief aid without congressional approval (86)
- Beachfronts
- Levees
- Mobile homes
100-year event = 1% chance of occurrence
500-year event = 0.2% chance of occurrence
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