[ajays]

And when the next hurricane strikes, guess who they're gonna call? The US Coast Guard! "Help, Nanny State! Please help us!!!"

[shabble]

or they could...

have some kind of contract with tugs, lifeboats, helicopter rescue, etc. You could set up some sort of insurance system for citizens/inhabitants to cover those contract retainers.

Hell, you might even end up contracting it out to the Coast Guard if they meet your needs and are close enough to count.

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I'm pretty sure any design that they actually go with will be resilient to plausible weather conditions.