by admin | Jun 16, 2014 | Immigration, Travel
“How old do you think I am?” the cab driver asked. It was an odd question, but the conversation with my driver from Reagan National Airport to my hotel on 10th St. NW in Washington, D.C., had already caught me by surprise with his first comment before we had ever...
by admin | Jun 11, 2014 | Books, Disaster, Disaster policy, Writing
I have a team of friends and acquaintances whom I have put to work for the moment. All are experts on one or more aspects of floodplain management and disaster recovery. They all volunteered for the job because they care about those subjects deeply. I also regard them...
by admin | Jun 6, 2014 | Blogging, Disaster, Disaster policy, Public safety, Urban Planning
A few months ago, I was asked to speak at the 2014 annual Science Policy Conference of the American Geophysical Union, a scientific organization that has developed a growing interest in natural hazards. I agreed, and am one of four speakers on a panel that will...
by admin | May 18, 2014 | Disaster, Disaster policy, Political philosophy, Public safety, Urban Planning
As a young man from a blue-collar family, I partially worked my way through college during the summers at a chemical company near Cleveland that employed my father as a truck mechanic. If there is one thing I learned at the time, it was the value of safety and...
by admin | May 14, 2014 | Disaster, Education, Urban Planning
Opportunities exist both May 20 in Chicago, and June 18-19 in Boston, to learn more about creating resilient communities that can survive and thrive in the face of disaster. The first involves a roundtable, “Smart Systems, Resilient Regions,” hosted by the...
