Let's start there. Because had we protected communities and done what was needed, it either could have been completely prevented or certainly the damage would have been mitigated. There's nobody that will ever convince me that the level of this disaster had to happen or couldn't have been avoided. That's just not accurate. And this is where I think in government, where they fail miserably, is accountability. Stand up and say, we really screwed this one up and we're going to learn from it. (22:26–22:36)
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Asserts that the disaster's impact could have been avoided or mitigated.
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