{"id":1381,"date":"2014-02-24T17:04:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abetteremergency.com\/blog\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2014-02-24T17:04:35","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:04:35","slug":"week-of-february-23rd-emergency-news-you-can-use-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abetteremergency.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/week-of-february-23rd-emergency-news-you-can-use-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of February 23rd: Emergency News You Can Use"},"content":{"rendered":"

A weekly round-up of news, articles and surveys to make your next emergency better. Have a suggestion for the round-up? Contact me at abetteremergency@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The U.K. has had a very bad run of weather and severe flooding. \u00a0This column on disaster mismanagement<\/a>\u00a0is a request to temper blame assignment and focus on recovery and development of policies to prevent similar problems in the future.<\/p>\n

I’m uncertain how to prevent post-Fukushima deaths outnumbering the original disaster toll<\/a>, but this is worth consideration. \u00a0I suppose that the new rapid response teams<\/a> could be an answer. I also suspect the Christchurch earthquake may have something to do with the new disaster communication system in Vanuatu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What stood out to me about the huge landslide striking at a mystery location in Southeast Alaska<\/a> was the volume of displaced land mass. \u00a0 I recall the massive tsunami (>1,700 feet) caused by the Lituya Bay slide in 1958. This latest slide was even greater.<\/p>\n

How will we pay for the 600 L.A. school buildings that need quake evaluations and retrofits<\/a>? What liability comes from continuing to hold school in these buildings when the danger is known? \u00a0I wonder if this study suggesting earthquake liquefaction models are flawed<\/a> will slow efforts to make improvements.<\/p>\n

A great deal of fire and EMS service is provided by volunteers across the United States. I did my share. \u00a0After reading about retirements shrinking ranks of Minnesota’s \u00a0rural medical responders<\/a>, I wonder who will take care of me.<\/p>\n

[GARD]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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