WE don't know where massive disasters like this are going to hit, and we don't know what kind of disasters they are going to be. But we know there are going to be disasters, because that is part of the world we live in.

And than is why we need to have the infrastructure for responding in place, all the time, ready to move into action when it is needed. Instead we have a few largely paper organisations and committees, starved of resources. It's a bit like having a firefighting system that just relies on helpful neighbours with buckets.