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<br /> <br />ii.I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />;J Ji <br /> <br />t'^ <br /> <br />"Y <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />~ <br />fIi: "'l'I ~ "' <br />i'\ <br /> <br />help strenqthen local organizational and decision- <br />making capdcily. . . . local leaders too often fail <br />to takc advantage of the recovery period to <br />reshape their devastated communities to with- <br />stand future events. Most loe<ll disaster plans <br />need to be extended not only to explicitly address <br />ret'Overy and reconstruction but to identify oppor- <br />tunities for rebuilding in safer ways and in safer <br />places. . . . Fortuni:ltely, rt'vi,>ions to disaster leg- <br />islation in the last '>t'vt'ral year,,> have allowed a <br />greater percentage of federal relief monie':> to <br />fund mitigation programs. Pre-disaster planning <br />for post-disaster recovery is vital to communities' <br />ability to become disaster resilient. <br /> <br /> <br />11 <br />