Pandemic – Ready or Not – Time for an After Action Report
After two years of dealing with a pandemic, you'd think organizations should have their act together. One of the best ways to assess your past performance, identify things you did [...]
After two years of dealing with a pandemic, you'd think organizations should have their act together. One of the best ways to assess your past performance, identify things you did [...]
For those that have been on LinkedIn for the past decade you've seen changes. Originally it was a site where professionals were connecting and engaging in discussions on a wide [...]
I'm sure many of my generation have vivid memories of the morning of September 11, 2001. Working as an emergency manager on the west coast I received a call at [...]
June 1st will be the official start date of the 2018 hurricane season. The season, according to one forecast may see as many as 18 named storms, with one to five [...]
Overview: A Cascadia earthquake and earthquake generated tsunami are going to happen. Geological evidence tells us this. Every day that it doesn't happen brings us closer to that day the [...]
It's a challenge to know where to devote planning, training and exercise time with so many competing demands, agendas and requirements. Consider this - people will fall back on two [...]
I’ve been involved in planning for a Cascadia earthquake/tsunami event and a New Madrid earthquake event so I know what a catastrophe will look like. I have not been involved [...]
As I'm writing this, Texas is still in an active emergency response mode so many answers are months away from discovery but I think one thing needs to be stated. [...]
I once thought that a disturbed ants nest was a great example of high entropy. It’s not. Don’t believe me? Go kick a fire ant nest and stand there. A [...]
I like many of my readers enjoy when television gives us a whole week of nothing but sensationalized and awesome footage of sharks doing what sharks do. I'm waiting for [...]