Oz Revisited

摘要

Disaster is a relative term. To a high school senior, a freakish case of acne prior to the prom is a major disaster. To the IT professional, a wayward rat biting through a cable can invoke disaster. But I'm sure neither of these individuals would ever slide the scale of definition to the disaster setting if they had lived through a natural catastrophe. Disaster recovery is in the news again; too soon for some, and not soon enough for others. There is no shortage of talking-head critics who blast those in New Orleans for not fleeing when warned.