How Prepared Each State is for Natural Disasters

**Plutonic Panda** · 12-02-2014, 01:16 PM

This is how each state is prepared for a natural disasters.

- http://www.businessinsider.com/natur...ampaign=buffer

**s00nr1** · 12-02-2014, 02:08 PM

Well this certainly has no truth in the real world. 0.4 for tornado preparedness in Oklahoma is pretty much comical.

**Mel** · 12-02-2014, 04:24 PM

Agree. This state has its stuff together when a disaster happens.

**venture** · 12-02-2014, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by s00nr1

Well this certainly has no truth in the real world. 0.4 for tornado preparedness in Oklahoma is pretty much comical.

It's not 0.4 for tornado preparedness, that's the number for handling any disaster - from what I can tell. The map just highlights the main risks for an area I guess.

**LakeEffect** · 12-03-2014, 07:14 AM

Oklahoma is really good at RESPONSE, but I'd argue that the metric appears accurate in relation to preparedness. I believe this graphic's data was interested in overall preparedness, but the preparation of the emergency responders. In an overall sense, we're behind where we could/should be. For instance, our residential building codes could be more strict regarding wind loads and tornado-safety measures. We could also be more prepared for droughts - using less water than we do now and conserving the western reservoirs more actively.