In light of all of the natural disasters and emergency situations occurring in the world right now, I thought that I would examine a law that attempts to regulate EMERGENCIES. That’s right, not only are emergencies neither expected nor encouraged, they are actually forbidden.
One state goes the extra mile to ensure that emergencies do not happen and has made it into a concrete law. Which state has done this and does it actually try to tell emergencies not to happen, you may ask?
Well it just so happens that the state with the audacity to tell emergencies of any kind to take a hike is Alaska. Although it is more well-known for Sarah Palin and cruises to see whales it does in fact have a law stipulating the likelihood of emergencies.
By Alaskan Law, the entire state rarely has emergencies. But that isn’t even the hardest part to ensure. The actual law exists under the heading of State Policy and says that, “It is state policy the emergencies are held to a minimum and are rarely found to exist.”
So, not only can Alaska not permit emergencies, in actuality they rarely exist. One would suppose that if the states that are more prone to emergencies, such as Louisiana and it’s flooding due to Hurricane Katrina or California and it’s annual fires, had heard about this part of Alaskan law that they could add it to their state policies as well and they could ensure that such things would never happen again.
After all, if it’s a law and it clearly states that emergencies are rarely even found to exist, then they don’t. This also seems like something that someone should have taken the time to try and mention to Japan. Oops! Too soon?
Well if you want your state to be free of emergencies then consider attempting to adopt the policies of Alaska, since after all, if it’s a law then it must be true and the entire United States could be on its way to zero emergencies ASAP!
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