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Information Sharing in Disasters
The crisis in Haiti is unfolding in a world that has never been more connected in terms of information, people, and emotion.
Padma Shri Awarded to Dr. Arvind Kumar
IEM computational physicist Dr. Neeraj Mainkar penned the following letter to his father, Dr. Arvind Kumar, who was recently awarded a Padma Shri, one of India’s highest awards.
The Scale and Economic Impact of the Haiti Disaster
The scale of death and destruction in Haiti as a result of the earthquake on January 12 (and its aftershocks) is difficult to imagine, even with constant news coverage and video.
The earth heaved up a catastrophe in Haiti
The earth heaved up a catastrophe in Haiti. The immediate tasks fall into the lowest and most basic of the Maslow Heirarchy of Needs – rescue from the rubble to be able to breathe, food, water, shelter, medical care.
Social Media in Disaster Exercises
In case you don’t know, my full-time job for the past number of years has been as a consultant putting on various types of large-scale disaster exercises across the country.
Tornado Tracks of Moore & El Reno, Oklahoma Tornados Show an Eerie Correlation with Heavily Populate Areas
On May 31, the area around Oklahoma City, already battered by tornadoes a little over a week before, experienced several more tornadoes that caused damage including loss of life.
