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I don’t think this should come as any surprise to any community built on a hillside, but it will be quite an event in a major city: Landslide Danger Looms in Next Seattle Earthquake.

Not likely to be a problem in Seattle, as tech savvy a city as they come, but that is not the case worldwide: Disasters Impacting More People Who Lack Technology.

San Francisco wants to make disasters more social. Another example of a city working to lead the way.

Innovations don’t only happen in the United States. We can learn a thing or two from the Japanese: Yogya to develop phone-based disaster system and Japanese model being considered for disaster management.

This report, Far from home: nonprofits assess Sandy recovery and disaster preparedness, shows that we still have a long way still to go to fully recover from Hurricane Sandy.

Disaster’s Lasting Effects, discusses contaminated water leaking from ravaged nuclear plant threatens industry in Japan. I wonder when and if this situation will be brought under control and if the overall impact to the global environment will be accurately measured.

There is more and more talk about making buildings safer during earthquakes. This article points out how the building owner has shifted responsibility to the individual tenants: Board’s quake insurance strategy is recipe for disaster.

And finally, a topic that surfaces sporadically in isolated efforts. Research should be a key driver for EMS everywhere. Strengthening emergency services through research.

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