Andrew Revkin’s terrific DotEarth blog has two interesting posts this week with contributions from two experts on disasters and resilience.
1) In “Lessons In Resilience From New Orleans,” Robert Kates, a scholar studying human development patterns, offered some lessons on building resilient communities derived from the history of New Orleans. The lessons are:
The United States is vulnerable [...]
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Lessons For Building Disaster Resilience In New Orleans & The Rest Of “A Turbulent Planet”
August 15th, 2010 · No Comments
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On Memorial Day, When Thank You Is Hardly Enough
May 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments
Today, we honor those of our fellow Americans who have given their lives on our behalf and their families who continue to carry that burden.
When I was diagnosed with a life threatening disease at age 45, some would tell me I was young to have to face mortality. But throughout my treatment I’ve always felt that [...]
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On The 1st Anniversary Of My Leukemia Diagnosis, Feeling Thankful About A Year Of Thorns & Roses
October 17th, 2009 · 15 Comments
A year ago today, October 17th, I was diagnosed with Leukemia. That afternoon, I thought I had a stomach flu; by evening, I was hooked up to an i.v. in the hospital beginning cancer treatment.
Though this has not been the best of my 46 years, I am very lucky for a lot of reasons. As [...]
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6.9 Million Participate In California ShakeOut; Shows Value Of Having Single Preparedness Day, Drilling Kids/Adults, And Making Things Fun
October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Congratulations to the organizers of The Great California Shakeout which took place yesterday at 10:15 PT. In the ShakeOut’s second year, 6.9 million Californians participated up from 5.5 million in 2008.
IN SAN FRANCISCO, ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY STUDENTS LISA ALLEN AND SHAOFU ZHANG DROPPING AND COVERING AS PART OF THE GREAT CALIFORNIA SHAKEOUT (Photo: Associated [...]
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“5 Lessons We Could Learn From Hurricane Ike”
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Mike Tolson from the Houston Chronicle offers an interesting list of “5 lessons we could learn from Hurricane Ike” on the storm’s first anniversary. As I think that Tolson’s lessons are useful for all communities, I’ve reprinted it below in its entirety:
Our success weathering the storm depended on how prepared we were and how much [...]
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Some Lessons From H1N1 Flu Outbreak & Response For Citizen Preparedness In Future Emergencies (Part 1)
June 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Though public and media attention on the H1N1/Swine Flu outbreak has waned, there is a clearly need to examine its lessons for future citizen preparedness and response — whether that be for a reoccurrence of a more deadly H1N1 flu in the Fall or another national emergency situation. So, I thought I would contact some experts [...]
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Israel Completes Its Largest Civil Defense Exercise With Citizens Of All Ages Participating
June 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Just weeks after the release of a Department of Homeland Security report indicating that the U.S. could learn from Israel about citizen preparedness,  the Mideast nation last week undertook its largest civil defense drill ever,  a five-day exercise called “Turning Point 3″.Â
As has been mentioned regularly on the blog, Israel offers a helpful model for the U.S. [...]
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PBS’ “Carrier” & Its Lessons For Engaging And Preparing The Public About Our Own Homeland Security
May 24th, 2009 · No Comments
On Memorial Day and with thousands of U.S. Navy personnel here in New York City for Fleet Week, I wanted to highlight again one of the best television shows I’ve seen in a long time,  “Carrier,” PBS’ 10-part documentary, which follows a six-month deployment of the USS Nimitz to the Persian Gulf. (At present, the Nimitz is [...]
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New Study Indicates U.S. Could Learn A Lot About Citizen Preparedness From Israel
May 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments
I want to bring to your attention a terrific new report, Public Role and Engagement In Counterterrorism Efforts: Implications of Israeli Practices for the U.S., prepared for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Science and Technology by the Homeland Security Institute (a federally-funded research and development center which serves as the Department’s think tank). The study was [...]
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Request For Reader Ideas: “What Are The Lessons Of The H1N1/Swine Flu Outbreak On Citizen Preparedness/Response For Future Emergencies?”
May 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Though public and media attention on the H1N1/Swine Flu outbreak has waned, there is a need to examine the lessons of the past couple weeks for future citizen preparedness and response — whether that be for a reoccurrence of a more deadly H1N1 flu possibly in the Fall or another national emergency situation.Â
So, I thought [...]
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