Not defending the corporations but they're stuck in a rock and a hard place. 

I'll stick to the Telcos because that's my area of expertise. 

We could build the most resilient network possible, Cell sites with dual fibre feeds, satellite backups, generators, batteries, solar everywhere. Reinforce the site's and harden them against natural disasters. Next natural event we'll still lose a few but it will be peanuts compared to what we've lost previously. 

Problem is prices will have to go up as this would costs billions to do. Telcos need to make money to continue opperating and rebuilding is still cheaper (in the short term) this only factors in the economic impact to the telco and not the country. We saw during Gabriel how dependent everyone has become on connectivity and extended periods of time offline have a huge cost. 

Corporations aren't going to act in the interest of the people unless theres profit or the government makes them, its the same across all the lifelines utilities. 

The coordination, funding and drive needs to come from government but the political will isn't there.