Volunteer groups have stepped in, organising disaster-relief missions, bike rides and protests against the VA.
Louisiana's Republican governor, Bobby Jindal, has declared a state of emergency and urged citizens to start leaving low-lying areas; if the storm continues on its present path, he may be forced to skip the convention to organise disaster response in his state.
In areas between Broome and Port Hedland, people were urged to tidy debris and organise disaster supplies to prepare for the storm.
By mobilising that common sense, often in a racialised way, they exert real effects in organising violent interventions into disaster zones.
Pop concerts, charity songs and fundraising campaigns were organised to provide disaster relief, yet Africa remains a continent ravaged by war, flooding, drought and disease, which continue to hold back its growth despite economic progress.
On the day of the game he met Mauro Garino, a Juventus fan with whom he cooperated in the wake of the disaster to organise a "peace trip" to Liverpool in August, three months after the disaster.
In the information vacuum that follows disasters, residents the world over are organising themselves using social media.
The recent historical development in the UK of formal humanitarian assistance or organised psychosocial support after disaster can be traced back to the tragedy at Aberfan in 1966, where 144 people died after a coal tip slid down a hillside onto the village school and surrounding streets in a small, close-knit mining community in South Wales.
Remaining single is usually equated with social disaster and once young people have completed their studies, organising their marriage becomes a priority for the family.
The disaster exercise, organised by the London fire brigade with funding from the EU, drew on teams and resources from across England.
New technology means that we as individuals can do far more to help ourselves and each other than ever before: look at the way the Occupy movement organised spontaneous people-powered disaster relief in post-Hurricane Sandy New York.
