The government was sued by the citizens of La Conchita because the citizens felt that the government hadn’t done enough to warn them or prevent the landslide in 2005. I agree with the citizens that decided to sue the government. There are multiple reasons why the citizens should sue the state. One of these reasons are that they didn’t have a good plan, then they didn’t do that much to warn the citizens, and they didn’t use their past experiences from the landslide in 1995 to better prepare. Landslides can be very dangerous so people should receive important warnings from the government for their safety.

The government didn’t have a good plan and weren’t prepared for the landslide. Certain data from 1865 proves that it was normal for …show more content…
They could have special rules for the people who live in that area so that they are prepared for any landslide.
The state government didn’t do that good of a job of warning the residents. In 1994, cracks could start to appear on the slope which was one of the causes of the landslide so they could have been looking for those same cracks before the landslide in 2005 and better prepare the citizens.There was data that showed that there was immense rainfall before the 1995 landslide so they could have predicted a landslide like the one in 1995 due to the increase in rain. The government could have had a mandatory evacuation for all citizens.

The government didn’t learn from the previous landslide to better prepare for the landslide in 2005. 9 homes were destroyed in the 1995 landslide so the state governments should have given more warnings for the one in 2005. Nobody died in the landslide in 1995 but there were 10 deaths from the landslide in 2005. The government should learn from both of these landslides to protect people in the future because the one good thing about mistakes is that you learn from them and we should all learn from the deaths of the people in the