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Learn from Experience? — not necessarily for some in Congress
A new report from the Center for American Progress is titled States With most federal disaster aid sent climate science deniers to congress. Since this report is only 8 pages long, I suggest you read...
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Reviewing Some Basic Documents During Gov’t Shutdown
It is worth reading Arnold Bogis, one of the bloggers on Homeland Security Watch, who wrote a posting today titled Eleven Books to Read During the Shutdown.Filed under: Research Studies and Documents
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Another H. Sandy Is Possible Say Geologists
One more set of concerns, this time from geologists. Geologists: Sandy could happen again. Some excerpts: Sandy’s storm surge hit the coast at high tide, but storm and tidal conditions were not the...
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Looking for Some Major Independent Studies of H. Sandy Recovery
The Diva would love to see a respected, independent organization — such as the GAO, CRS, Congressional committee or a major think tank — do a comprehensive study of the recovery process after Hurricane...
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Great Article on Recovery in New Journal
As I noted a couple of weeks ago, the new Journal of Extreme Events is free for the next several months. In the current issue is an article titled Exposure, Social Vulnerability and Recovery...
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Long-Term Economic Outcomes of Disasters
This is the second posting in a row that deals with the long-term outcomes of a disaster, in this case a set of cyclones. While I think the title of the article is misleading — Emotional Storms Are No...
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Earthquakes in CA
To the surprise of many, CA has not had a major earthquake for about 25 years. If you are curious about earthquake history in CA, you might want to check out this chart: Earthquake Planning in CA (...
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Lessons Learned from 2011 Joplin Tornado
In the current issue of the Hazards Observer, which is always worth reading in its entirety, there is an interesting article about the recovery of Joplin, MO, See: Lessons from the 2011 Joplin Tornado...
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Two Notable Reports from the World Bank Conference on Recovery
The World Bank Conference, details of which I noted last week, was interesting and provided a wide array of views and experiences. Two of the the reports I acquired that I think are notable are: (1)...
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TACTIC- Project – research from the EU
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement. TACTIC Project Research...
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