Tornado Action Plan

Anytown is located in humid subtropical climate area in the United States (US). Tornado is frequent in summers, and it tends to engender floods most of the times, as stated in the simulation material. The city has many neighborhoods, but the main ones are the urban area, the suburban, the downtown, and the hazard zone. In the downtown, which seemed the most old area of the city are located the high school, the hospital, and the government building. They all are vital structures for the city. The downtown’s ground is coated with asphalt, so the soil is not fully permeable to storm waters, which are common in that zone due to tornado activities. The importance of the government building for the community and the mitigation strategy that is best

Data provided in the simulation material show how effectively the government building is important for the community. First, the emergency management operations is in the basement of the building. A disastrous flooding can hamper all emergency response efforts because emergency managers will not be able to conduct operations properly unless this critical facility is relocated before the hazard impact as advised Lindell, Prater, and Perry (2007). Second, the building hosts the city, the county, the state, and the federal governments, which are the most important institutions that take part in disaster processes and allocate most of the resources needed for emergency and disaster management as said Waugh Jr. and Tierney (2007). It is known that other partners are among the stakeholders for disasters, but these officials’ actions and supports are very important to deal with an emergency and a disaster. If they cannot function properly, emergency and disaster activities will be delayed or cancelled with serious consequences for the community. For example, the tardiness of the responses during the Hurricane Katrina event aggravated the victims suffering. Third, judges’ chambers are hosted in the building, and this means that important documents could be destroyed by any hazard. In general, the government building hosts critical facilities, which provide important services to the