“The federal government is a support role. So if you think FEMA responds to disasters or that we’re in charge, first of all, we’re never in charge, we’re always in support, and and we work for a lot of different folks.” FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate delivers a great TED talk on the federal role in […]
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The Latest on Post-Disaster Recovery [audio]
Posted on November 3, 2011
The American Planning Association has released a short interview with Ed Thomas and Alessandra Jerolleman (both from the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association) on the best way for communities to recover quickly and safely from a major storm, flood, etc. Their work is the foundation of our (largely in development) After the Storm section. You can […]
Amazing Tsunami Photos (Japan)
Posted on March 14, 2011
Incredible collection of tsunami/quake/nuclear reactor photos gathered by the Boston Globe. Perhaps the most troubling part of this? That a massive wall of water dropping large ships into neighborhoods and houses into the sea might not be the worst of it. Hope those nuclear engineers are lucky and we’re all fortunate. The Big Picture, Japan: […]