Saving a Million People from a Cyclone

Even after 48 hours the city is in dark.

But thanks to proactive steps of the govt agencies the casualty number is much less than that of '99s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Phailin#Odisha

This is particularly important to note given the current contention over the 2020 US Census. The administration desires that a "citizenship" section be added to the survey, in an environment where that same government has used these kinds of lists—those of DACA recipients and process-abiding individuals going to court for their immigration hearings—to conduct broad sweeps for deportation.

Failure to collect information as critical as "how many people live in a given area" weakens us in the face of disaster response. As climate change ensures we have more catastrophic events, racism at the very top of government ensures its ravages are felt by the most vulnerable.