I find it interesting to see terms like “unexpected”. I would argue that most consequences may surprise us, but they were predictable.

Why not form a panel to evaluate who was responsible for obviously not implementing critical components of the plan of improvement developed after the last event/exercise which closely resembled hurricane Sandy?

Every time there is a major event, politicians and policy makers are quick to appear to be doing something/anything in order to defray public criticism. We often accuse the public of displaying apathy towards disaster preparedness, perhaps they are just following the lead of their elected leaders.