When the Hurricane Research Institute first determined that 2005 would be the most active hurricane season in recorded history, the researchers at the Institute alerted the federal government. The federal government sent out an alert to at risk communities within two weeks of receiving the alert from the Institute. Although the alert was sent out, the hurricane season proved to be the most disastrous in American history. It is obvious that the local governments of at risk communities did not heed the warning. The conclusion above would be most undermined if it were true that ['because of the power and frequency of the hurricanes, the damage caused could not have been prevented', 'the damage from hurricanes in areas not at risk was negligible', 'hurricanes cannot be prevented', 'the federal government offered all available resources to help protect the communities']