Peruvian Earthquake/Tsunami Preparedness Strategies to Adopt
It's taken me less than two weeks in Lima to realize we have work to do in the field of preparedness in North America. That may come as a surprise [...]
It's taken me less than two weeks in Lima to realize we have work to do in the field of preparedness in North America. That may come as a surprise [...]
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 [...]
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 was tasked to develop a ground truth appreciation presentation for this year's Pathfinder Minutemen 2017 Cascadia exercise in Oregon. We're anticipating 10-12 Medical Rapid Response Teams (120-144 medical personnel) to [...]
On this day in 1972 a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua, killed more than 10,000 people and left 250,000 homeless. With family in Nicaragua now and frequent travels there I [...]
It's been educational for me to look back to see how many events of the past are born anew to a new generation. One day this week an event took [...]
I was rummaging through some old files the other day and I came across my copy of the After Action Report (AAR) for Quakex97. This was a joint local, state [...]
I participated in the Cascadia Rising 2016 exercise to help add realism and stress. Not everyone appreciated the challenges and annoyances I caused but there was a method to the [...]
My experience has always been that preparedness is a tough sell. The value seems to go up after there has been an event and a bad outcome was a result. [...]