the non-survivors will be in no condition to complain, or more to the point, to vote, so who cares
An excellent point.
I'll see it and raise it with this thought:
Most municipal and state emergency plans I've had the opportunity to read over are about on par with the escape trunk on a submarine. "See Mom, if anything goes wrong..." They are written by people who get by on the power of positive thinking, not doing. Not even negative doing.