Disaster ready?

Mumbai has had its shares of disasters. The biggest it has had was the 26th July rains, because of which it was thrown out of gear for almost a week. It was totally cut off from the rest of the country, as all roads in and out were flooded with water. It has lately faced a terror attack.

Everytime, we come out of it, and a new disaster management cell is formed. We hear about the cell being prepared to tackle such events. But are we really ready for disasters other than flooding or terror attacks such as those faced in the past. Every time is not the same. Disasters are very rarely similar. And unfortunately, we shall again hear, that we were not prepared for such type of disaster.

The preparedness might be good for a flood like situation or a terror attack like we faced, but will it be good in other circumstances. Why can the people managing such cells, think differently? Why can they get their heads together and say, ok we are prepared for floods, now lets be prepared for storms, or for any other goddamn natural calamity. Why cant they say, we are prepared for 26/11 type terror attacks, why cant they say, we are ready for several other type of terror attacks?

Why cant we think of the future, and be prepared for it. Why do we have to wait for tomorrow to show us our unpreparedness. Every time we have to face a disaster to then start preparing to avoid it the next time. Why do we have to face trouble the next time? Lets be ready for the next time, which is unavoidable, but for which we can be prepared to face in a better way.