From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2018 11:01 AM To: jeffrey epstein Some people want to colonize Mars, I susggest before we =AO consider such a bold move we should learn to survive on our own=C2 planet,ie how to manage our lives in emergency situations, =ow to prevent them, and how to survive after in a most effective =ay at lower costs. The evidence that changed my life happened on Sep=ember 6, 2017, when hurricane Irma hit U.S Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico =nd then Florida. Millions of people were repeatedly cut off=from essential food aid and health care for extended periods of time.With =y degree in meteorology science, I knew that such a devastating =urricane and its disruptive impact on people's lives had been f=recasted long before it slammed into the islands and made the news.' ke=t wondering how was it possible to let people stay on the islands witho=t enough clean water supply, food, or ability to communicate with the main=and and underground hospital . The lack of essential necessities caused=a severe food crisis, water crisis, energy crisis, chaos, increasing =A0 both the crime and the spread of various diseases. The evidence touc=ed my heart . In the twenty-first century, when people are trying to co=onize another planet, we still cannot successfully overcome challenges on =he Earth, and today we have to be more concerned about it as never befo=e. I know that the devastating effect of hurricane Irma was not the fau=t of the scientists who predicted it, but was a The Federal Emergency M=nagement Agency's , who should have prepared people and helped to =revent the economic sector from triple costs on things which could have=prevented. It happens everywhere, no matter in which country we live th= threat of natural disaster is a global disaster. What impressed me the=most is that disaster risk reduction has been a very low priority over =he past two decades. In this period, the international community comm