They don't suffer famines or disasters.

他们不必承受饥馑和灾祸

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It's just a reality that we don't cope well with disasters of this scale.

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Investors are not auditors, they don't have subpoena power, and they can't know about such disasters in advance.

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Moreover, alternatives were tricky: Trailers, often used after other disasters, weren't workable for New York City, the FEMA official in charge of Sandy response here has said.

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