What is your definition of preparedness? Could you be more prepared for an expected event than an unexpected event?
Say for example just for definition sake, the RWC 2011 opening night was a planned expected event. But just how ready was Auckland?
Come on people, must we rely on Piri to do everything?
Say for example just for definition sake, the RWC 2011 opening night was a planned expected event. But just how ready was Auckland?
Without delving too much into the political arena, many would argue it began and started as a natural disaster (excuse the pun). Others may argue a natural disaster because it was natural for the Auckland infrastructure to show areas of deficiency given the way it was set up to fail. BTW I admire and have the utmost respect for those who starred on the 'accountability billboard' and became the face of 'faux pas' as a consequence of the opening night issues - despite the fact that it was not their 'faux pas' to own. Everyone knew it. It showed great character and fortitude and it also revealed the goodies and the baddies. Oops is this getting political, hard not to in Auckland...back to the issue.
In the end you could say it was an unexpected event due to the unexpected number of people who turned up on the night. Who would have thought to factor in the perfect hot spring day and the Tongan patriotic fanatical support which expectedly contributed to a high fan turnout. Therefore Auckland, could you even be prepared for an expected event?
An example of an unexpected event (slightly geographically off course) is the recent grounding of the container vessel Rena off the coast of Tauranga.
This resulted in a natural disaster of the highest degree with regard to the damage to the ecological systems and natural environment, not to mention the animal life from the oil. You could say it was an 'expected unexpected' as there are laws and legislation in this country to address such disaster. But despite this the laws were not adequate to counter such an event. Unexpected, expected, call it what you will, even NZ was not prepared.
Key message for today: Expected or unexpected, can you be ever be fully prepared for any event. The answer is no. However, we must do something and not nothing. With all the technology and information at our fingertips and disposal, we must try our utmost best to be prepared. And lastly we must look at history and past events to learn from, to use for our future plans, for preparedness for a natural disaster.
Come on people, must we rely on Piri to do everything?
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