Ah another groundhog movie event!  Mother nature's back hand strikes a complacent group of human kind, we count the casualties, photograph the damage, estimate the cost, and then suggest preparedness for the next time. Now next  time always comes but without what one can perceive as necessary preparedness on the part of the next set of victims of mother nature back hand. The type of natural disaster has no bearing on preparedness of humans for any natural disaster. Complacency of denial is the problem. "It will happen to other folks not us" as they say. We can not afford complacent denial much longer ! Recent natural climatic and geological events scream plan a head of time for future events.  Why not. Simplistic effort required really. 

Just fill in a blank space for your choice of natural calamity, open your box of crayons boys and girls, engage brain. Think what would be needed if your choice were to happened. Remember we are the intelligent animal, now don't put crayons down!