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Late last year, the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism released a new report, “World At Risk”. The bipartisan commission is chaired by former U.S. Senator Bob Graham and co-chaired by former U.S. Senator Jim Talent.
As this blog was on hiatus when the report was released, I did not have a [...]

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The Hurricane Information Center (at www.hurricanes08.org) is a one-stop shop site with governmental information, weather updates, maps, evacuation housing as well as ways to help and be helped. There is a link to a related Hurricane Wiki at www.hurricanewiki.org/wiki/Main_Page.
To follow the Red Cross’ relief efforts, go to the Red Cross Hurricane Ike Newsroom at hurricaneike.wordpress.com/
The Houston Chronicle’s website is doing excellent on the ground coverage – www.chron.com/
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With Tropical Storm Fay hitting Florida, I wanted to highlight several Red Cross web-based resources that I found on their Twitter feed(which itself is a terrific information source). 
*One is the Red Cross’ Safe & Well program which provides a way for those who need to evacuate in a crisis to register themselves as “safe and well” [...]

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When it comes to preparing the U.S. public for disasters, one of the most important things to realize is there is not just one U.S. public to prepare. In fact, our cultural diversity may be one of greatest strengths as a country but when it comes to preparedness it is one our toughest obstacles. Addressing [...]

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With a number of natural emergencies now occurring throughout the U.S., I wanted bring your attention to a compelling map I found in the Resources section theunthinkable.com. The Emergency Disaster Information Services, a non-profit group based in Budapest, charts every significant disaster occurring in the world and presents it in a vivid, easily readable map. 
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With tornadoes ripping throughout the Midwest, I wanted to post a tornado safety quiz from the Discovery Channel website that I found on www.theunthinkable.com.  
Unlike the the earthquake quiz I posted recently, I did pretty well on this one – 70 out of a possible 80 points. You can take it for yourself at dsc.discovery.com/convergence/tornado/quiz/quiz.html

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