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Emergency Management

Droughts and Heat Waves – More than Unwatered Lawns

by Ken Moon

When we think of droughts, many Americans think of local water conservation measures such as prohibiting lawn watering and taking fewer showers.

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Emergency Management

Why So Quiet? The 21st Century Emergency Operations Center

by Sukh Grewal

Last week Yale University and the City of New Haven completed a joint four-day Disaster Response training exercise for a "Active Shooter Mass Casualty Incident Drill" in conjunction with FEMA.

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Emergency Management

Hurricane Katrina – In a League of Its Own

by Sukh Grewal

Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the gulf coast around the Mississippi-Louisiana border in the early morning hours of August 29, 2005 as a strong Category 3 Hurricane with an unusually large size – hurricane force winds across a path 240 miles wide.

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Emergency Management

FEMA Fire Declarations & the Pareto Principle

by Sukh Grewal

Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist and philosopher whose observation that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the people eventually became the basis of the "Pareto Principle". T

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Emergency Management

Disaster Declarations by State

by Sukh Grewal

The tallies are in, and the winner is...Texas! Texas counted three hundred and thirty-four declarations in the sixty years from 1953 to 2013. That's an average of over five disasters per year. The Lone Star state topped both categories: Fire Declarations and Major Disasters. Every state has had at least one disaster declaration with Wyoming at the other end of the spectrum with only nine, roughly one every six years.

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Emergency Management Utilities

Preparing for the Unpredictable – Winter Storm February 2014

by Ken Moon

Last week we published a post about Atlanta's response to the 2-inch snowstorm that hit the area on January 28, 2014. Here we are two weeks later, staring in the face of a much bigger storm that the National Weather Service is predicting will be of "historic proportions".

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Emergency Management

Lessons from Atlanta’s Snowstorm, January 2014

by Julie Reynolds

Atlanta, GA recently endured a rare snowstorm (Jan. 28, 2014) that left thousands of commuters, school children, and others stranded throughout the city, trapped behind a surge of traffic, accidents, and deserted vehicles.

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Emergency Management

When Humans Strike: Man-made Disasters & Emergencies Since 1953

by Ken Moon

Deciding whether a natural disaster is attributable to human activity is sometimes a controversial and contentious issue. But there are some incidents that FEMA has recorded through its declaration database that are clear-cut.

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Emergency Management

Major Tornadoes Since 1953

by Sukh Grewal

In recent years, adventurous coverage of tornadoes on television has made us all aware of the devastation they cause. The summer heat over a large landmass spawns more tornadoes in the US than in any other country. FEMA has made available records of Major Disaster Declarations for Tornadoes.

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