be a had sell, once they categorize it as major disaster it's going to cost trillions, same reason the cdc waited two years before declaring covid as "airborne" when it always clearly was, since that specific designation, much like major disaster for heat, leads to the domino effect of needing to secure, protect, and retrofit.
there are political pressures at play, and those pushing for the scientific determination are often found without research grants and employment.
as we saw during the pandemic, most of our institutions are corrupt, and their processes purposefully broken.