People just relied on the bureaucracy. They became too obedient.
TSUYOSHI KINNO,
head of a neighborhood committee in Rikuzentakata, a Japanese town that was leveled by the diaster; its emergency plans were based on 13-ft. (4 m) waves, while the tsunami brought 49-ft. (15 m) waves
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