Also, you have to not necessarily think of people as victims or people who must be rescued...some of them are resources and with food water and a good rest can be of great help in the rescue operation. Certainly strong men are always needed in these situations. And women too of course. There are lots of skills within any population..carpenters, mechanics, nursing assistants...you would probably be amazed at the skills they collectively possessed...and we have to take disasters into account in planning for educating the youth of this country..first of all, they need specific skills such as first aid, simple construction, but also you need to make sure each and every population, even if is seems they will never get jobs they are trained for,(hopefully not the case) has a proportional number of electricians, nurses radio types, cooks, .....mg