The hurricane is over. What now? What's next?

The hurricane is over ! We dodged another bullet on this one. The Keys and the East coast were not so lucky, Jacksonville was flooded by the surge.
We can thank our lucky stars that we escaped with minor damage and fairly short power outages. How many times can we be so fortunate?
Century Village is not so well prepared to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane. It's apparent when we see the news of our sister village in Boca Raton where the whole village of 11000 units was without power for days after the hurricane passed through. It is a dangerous situation, elderly people are highly subsceptible to the effects of extreme heat. Finding oneself trapped on the upper floors of high rise complexes because the elevators are not functioning is no picnic either. We can point to the outside world and rely on their response to provide relief, but in many cases the relief is slow in arriving because the responders are stretched to the limit.  
Our clubhouse is not suitable to be used as a shelter during a storm, but it could and should be used as a relief center in the aftermath. The problem at present is that the clubhouse has no emergency generator, and it wasn't built to withstand hurricane force winds. There is some reluctance on the part of the managers to use it as a relief center or a shelter due to liability concerns and the lack of insurance to cover any eventuality. No plan to provide emergency power leaves the clubhouse in the same situation as the rest of the village if the power gets knocked out. Not looking to the future and considering the consequences makes us wonder if anyone in charge really cares.
Century village does have a team that monitors the situation by providing a service that gives residents the opportunity to call in the status of their buildings after a storm. It's a well intentioned program and the volunteers of CERT should be commended for their efforts. However, there are shortcomings that should be addressed. In the wake of hurricane Irma we received a message from a member of CERT bemoaning the dismal response. In other words; a lot of buildings didn't call in their status. The question of why not, and what can be done to improve their efforts should be thoroughly examined. Was the low response because registered CERT appointees couldn't call in because their phones were down? Or was it because those charged with the duty were absent because they had evacuated?  Or was it simply because they couldn't be bothered? What happens if the CERT appointee for your building is injured or trapped and unable to make the call? In any event it reveals a shortcoming that needs to be analyzed.
It's only a matter of time until another hurricane comes our way. We can take advantage of shelters provided by the government to ride out the storm itself, but what happens after the storm when everybody leaves the shelters and goes home? What do you do if you come home and find your roof is torn off, and all the windows are smashed out? It's easy to say that people will have to find accommodations elsewhere, but a lot of residents can't afford to pay for a hotel room, even if one can be found, and a lot of other residents find travel difficult due to infirmity.
Let's get real people, These storms are predicted to become more frequent and much stronger due to changing climatic conditions. 
We can't rely on anyone, other than each other, to do what needs to be done. Don't look to UCO or WPRF to be proactive either, it's not their responsibility. UCO is primarily nothing more than a collective bill payer and contract negotiator for the village, WPRF is charged with providing recreational facilities. They might project that they are a form of government, but they are not. Their jurisdiction doesn't extend much farther than being a go between the owners of the village and the residents. David Israel made his position on hurricanes apparent when he stated that the drainage swales did not need to be reworked before paving the roads, he said that he wasn't concerned about hurricanes and put his foot in his mouth when he said that there isn't going to be any hurricanes in the future. A short sighted and asinine comment to say the least. But it does demonstrate the kind of opposition any movement in the direction of hurricane relief will endure from UCO.
 It might be painful on the wallet to pay for changes, but it can be done. Century village just signed a 40 or 50 million dollar contract to provide cable TV. To say that we can't afford to pay for changes that will provide relief after a hurricane is absurd. In the days preceding the storm, our operations committee concerned themselves with debating the merits of installing decorative lights at the entrances while Irma churned through the ocean towards us.
What is more important to you, assuring the well being of the residents by getting ready, or cheaping out by not spending money to get ready?
Century Village is a town unto itself, but being a private business, no one is responsible to assure that hurricane relief is provided, unlike all the incorporated towns in the state. 
In short: It's up to us to demand that some leadership is shown and that there are effective provisions in place  to deal with emergencies. The closure of the clubhouse in the aftermath raised a lot of concerns that were and are being excused by weak and illegitimate excuses.  "We couldn't open it because there is no power" Why was there no power? Didn't anyone think that there might be a need?  "We have no liability insurance" We could have insurance if someone, anyone had thought about it. " The clubhouse doesn't reach the standards for a shelter"  Why not? it was rebuilt after the last time it got torn up, millions were spent, didn't anyone think it might be a good ideas to fortify it and make it reach the standards? 
 Let's make sure we do what needs to be done before it's too late.
The people in charge have shown their incompetence and short sighted planning. It's time for a grassroots movement from residents to act and demand that the changes are made.