08-10-2007, 03:37 AM
I don't think people should rely on civil defense to guide them out of natural disasters. What the county does (and rightly so) is to incourage people to be prepared for incidents that are certain to occur. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and lava are going to happen. If highway 130 were to be blocked, a better option than fleeing would be having the recources to stay for a week or two, while the county does what it can to react to the situation.