All-Hazards Authorization Disaster Management Emergency Response 
Emergency Planning
MARCH 7, 2019
Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. Reality: The imposition of martial law after disaster is extremely rare and implies that normal mechanisms of government were never effective in any way.
everbridge
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report.
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