We have invested virtually nothing in upgrading our emergency preparedness since the end of the cold war.
The U.S.’s emergency preparedness in the cold war era was pretty silly. There were sheltering provisions for a small fraction of the population, but for most it was “duck and cover”.
the end of the cold war
What kind of war are we in now? Cold, warm, tepid? Whatever kind it is, it’s been going on since the early 90s.