by admin | Mar 17, 2020 | Aging, Coronavirus, Disaster, Healthcare, Personal health, Personal history, Public health, Restaurants
Every day seems to bring shocking news. Restaurants and schools close, conventions are canceled, overseas travelers face unexpected obstacles in coming home. The United States of America, like much of the rest of the world, is facing a crisis unlike any in our...
by admin | Dec 17, 2019 | Activism, Climate, Disaster, Disaster policy, Economic development, Emergency Management, Floodplain management, Floodplain management, Government, Housing, Natural Hazards, Public health, Public policy, Resilience, Urban Planning, Water
The most important feature of this post is simply the link. Clicking here will lead you to a newly published podcast about the recovery struggles of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in the fall of 2017. The recording–an interview between me and Professor...
by admin | Nov 23, 2019 | Activism, Business, Disaster, Disaster policy, Emergency Management, Government, History, Politics, Public health, Public policy, Public safety, Technology, Urban Planning
That headline is a quote from Mayor Tommy Muska of the town of West, Texas, in the Dallas Morning News of November 21, regarding the Trump administration’s rescission of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards for disaster prevention in chemical facilities,...
by admin | Jul 4, 2019 | Aging, Blogging, Books, Medical, Personal health, Personal history, Public health, Uncategorized
Some readers may have noticed that it has been seven weeks since I last posted to this blog (May 13). That delay was not by design but resulted from circumstances. For two weeks immediately after that last item, I was largely on the road, but that has happened before...
by admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Books, Climate, Disaster, Disaster policy, Emergency Management, Geography, Natural Hazards, Public health, Public safety, Weather, Wildfire
Summarizing the major points from a densely factual book like Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future, by Edward Struzik (Island Press, 2018), is about as challenging as understanding precisely what is happening in the midst of a rapidly moving massive...
by admin | Nov 24, 2018 | Books, Careers, Climate, Disaster, Emergency Management, Environment, Natural Hazards, Public health, Public safety, Urban Planning
Just nine days ago, on November 15, I stood in front of two successive audiences of long-term health care practitioners to present workshops at a conference in Wisconsin Dells discussing, of all things, “Fundamentals of Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery.” Where,...
