Government lifts alert and champions prevention, which consists of lifting the alert after the storm has passed
Executive explains that prevention is a process that only begins once the 1630 incidents have ended, so as not to disturb data collection.
The Government has lifted the alert for Storm Charles and championed prevention as the "central pillar" of civil protection policy, in a statement released after the storm had left the country.
Prevention will be applied during the next storm, as soon as it has a name, a preliminary report and a working group. All three are currently out to public tender.
An adviser who asked not to be identified explained that preventing before the storm would require predicting the storm, a task the State has delegated to the wind.
The Executive also announced the creation of a National Anticipation Strategy, headquartered in Lisbon, with a multi-year budget and due to start work after the next gale.
Meanwhile, the Assembly's pigeon, which had sat out the alert on the windowsill, had already noticed. It was not consulted.
Prevention will be applied during the next storm, as soon as it has a name, a report and a working group.
The reality behind the satire
Real news · publico.pt · 11 November
Tempestade Charles. Proteção Civil registou mais de 1630 ocorrências
This story, published by a real newspaper, inspired the piece above. The Falsumundi piece is made up; this story is not.
