It is my experience that in at least many of those small rural communities they have the least amount of preparation, expertise, responsibility as compared to a larger community that has more professional ongoing planning and response to that kind of disaster.
Moran highlights the lack of disaster preparedness in small rural communities compared to larger ones.
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