During a risk assessment, consequences and risks are often considered no matter how small or large they may be. Risk assessments are often performed by owners or stakeholders and steer the assessment based off consequences identified (Ostrom & Wilhelmsen, 2019). Risk analysts and other subject matter experts can facilitate risk assessments by providing a great field of knowledge and historical data. Taking hurricanes for example, emergency managers can use a risk assessment diagram to determine the severity or likelihood of such consequences happening. Depending on the category of the hurricane, depicts the severity of impact it may cause. All consequences and risks should be considered to make the best-informed decision by emergency managers and government officials. FEMA (2019) also explains how risk assessments explain the impacts that consequences might have while limiting known capabilities. Some capabilities might be relied on during natural disasters, but if they are destroyed because a poor risk assessment did not identify weaknesses; this could cause a failure in the emergency management plan. Questions that should be asked are... what is the likelihood of the consequences, what capabilities do we have available, what risks are associated with the hazard? These questions can help steer the assessment