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Easy Live Steamflow Information Tool
StormSmart admin, , National, emergency services, floods, hazard identification, technology, 0Somehow we’d missed this tool, but the USGS has built a handy tool for finding current stream/river levels. File...
Are You an Emergency Manager? Why You Need Social Media (and it needs you)
StormSmart admin, , National, case study, emergency services, technology, 0A new article from USA Today takes another look at how emergency management officials are using social media. We’ve...
Amazing Tsunami Photos (Japan)
StormSmart admin, , National, disasters, emergency services, tsunamis, 0Incredible collection of tsunami/quake/nuclear reactor photos gathered by the Boston Globe. Perhaps the most troubling part of this? That...
Horrible and Terrifying (Japanese Tsunami)
StormSmart admin, , National, emergency services, hazard identification, planning, video, 0Wow. If you live anywhere near the ocean and this doesn’t scare you, it probably should.
Comprehensive (and Free!) Emergency Management Outreach Toolkit
StormSmart admin, , National, emergency services, publications, training & outreach, 0. . . and when I say “comprehensive,” I mean “comprehensive.” Ready.gov has come out with an emergency preparedness...
Best Practices for Effective Hurricane Communication
StormSmart admin, , National, case study, emergency services, publications, research, training & outreach, weather & climate, 0Louisiana State University has released a great brochure on best practices for communicating about hurricane risks. It’s short, simple,...
Why and How Businesses (and Municipalities) can Prepare for Disasters
StormSmart admin, , National, emergency services, Insurance, planning, training & outreach, video, 0The folks over at the Education Disaster Education Network (EDEN) have come up with a brief video explaining why...
An Argument for Not Returning to Normal [Editorial]
StormSmart admin, , National, adaptation & mitigation, editorial, emergency services, funding & assistance, planning, 0An interesting editorial by Global Ethics professor Tom Sorell on why our natural post-disaster instinct to return things to...
Facebook vs Twitter: Which to Use for What in Emergency Management
StormSmart admin, , National, emergency services, training & outreach, 0Another good post from John Solomon over at In Case of Emergency, Read Blog. Here, he’s looking at how...