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I I I ouldn’t it be great if there I     IQ;.-q ` end of the state to the other. Eastern
I were fewer natural disas-      i    j Kentucky is concemed about land-
I ters in Kentucky? » T   _`·»  Qi;  *4;   A A   slides; Western Kentucky about
I Wouldn’t it be great if, ~,I»,i   1    ‘{ r 1. —¤` ’ earthquakes. Tornadoes are a possibility
I when there were disasters, lives   YS,. I   T I _ ,   anywhere. The primary concern is
I , harmed and property lost were much >`TI ·I rT{j· -Q `?  "  ‘ Q ._~II,     flooding.
I less than what had been experienced in       __ I `Is ,   Q T "When you pave something over," T
I   the past? _     »»-— I  It says Trotter, “it creates more than 16 I
I 'I`his is what Pat Trotter is shooting `   T_     ‘ ff;   times the amount of water runoff. All I
I for...and she is confident it can be ac- _ J T_**;Z  6 , the water that used to soak into the I
cornplished. She runs the State     I I II ‘ I · ground now has to go somewhere I
I Hazard Mitigation Program in the UK -_     I ,  , T / else."
I Martin School of Public Policy and K ’‘`- ‘   I I / · Questioned, she says, "There is a
T Administration. I     I I ` `~\; ,I fine line between mitigation and pre-
Working with the Kentucky Division I   Q     \¢ paredness."
  of Iimergency Management, which _    T Q" As an example, Trotter says that miti-
I I funds the program, Trotter is reaching I . I    ff;   " I gation is retrofitting a fire station to
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