disaster preparedness

Mentioning the word “disaster” conjures up images such as 2005's Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 tsunami devastation in the Indian Ocean, the September 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, and the Northridge earthquake in Southern California in 1994. Disaster preparedness is the act of setting all affairs in order beforehand to be ready for any of these types of natural or human-caused catastrophes.

One of the affairs that is necessary to put in order before a major and unexpected life-altering event is having a survival plan. In homes, families can decide upon escape routes and meeting places if and when it becomes mandatory to evacuate due to a fire, flood, earthquake, or some other challenge to their survival.

Areas of the country that are prone to severe weather conditions such as tornadoes, hurricanes, microbursts, and hail storms have a unique prescribed set of recommendations for preparedness.

Bloggers speak of the need for disaster preparedness in each possible disaster scenario by having food storage, water storage, and a 72 hour kit, which contains essentials for emergencies such as blankets, matches, medicine, a utility knife, and a first aid kit.

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  Post Catastrophe Housing: The Japanese Earthquake and Other Disasters
  Japanese earthquake survivors have started to get temporary housing, but history tells us housing recovery will take a long time
  by odanu / on Apr 12, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “disaster preparedness”

 

• INTERVIEW: With Bridgette Meinhold, Author of ‘Urgent Architecture’

  
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  When Inhabitat’s Architecture Editor ,  Bridgette Meinhold , heard about the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the massive devastation it caused, she wanted to help, and was drawn to start investigating different options for temporary shelters and disaster relief housing. This exploration gradually broadened to a ...
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• Power Outage

  
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  San Pedro We’re now into hour 16 of a power outage that began at 5 p.m. yesterday during a particularly bad storm with high winds. I feel as though I’m living an episode of NBC-TV’s Revolution , except I’m not being pursued by Monroe’s Militia, and I’m hoping someone can get to “The Tower” pretty ...
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• Electronic Mass Casualty Assessment and Planning Scenarios Software

  
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  This standalone software program is intended to allow users to model disaster scenarios for drill planning and to use as an education resource. The EMCAPS Model allows you to estimate casualties arising from biological (Anthrax, Plague, Food Contamination), chemical (blister, nerve and toxic agents) radiological ...
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• The Neighborhood: Breezy Point Heroes

  
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  When your whole life is destroyed, can anything ever be the same? Should it be? When the storm came, and nature reached right into New York City — Breezy Point, Queens — and leveled what had up to then been a hidden working-class beach paradise, it revealed both breathtaking instances of ordinary heroism, and the ...
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• How to Help Animals During Natural Disasters

  
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  As wildfires tear through SouthernCalifornia , homeowners arescrambling to gather animals, basic necessities, and prized possessions as theyevacuate. And animal advocates have been busy helping to ensure that thefamilies companionanimals are safe. Groups,including San Jacinto Valley Animal Services, are opening ...
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• Five years on from Cyclone Nargis

  
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  In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Burma/Myanmar. The category 4 cyclone devastated communities, killed more than 138,000 people and left over two million people homeless. International and local organisations, including Caritas, provided assistance to the emergency response. The vast majority … Continue reading ...
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• Get Ready Seriously with Safecastle Steel-Plate Shelters

  
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• Emergency Preparedness for Escape and Protection

  
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  Today’s preparedness topic is personal safety. In the case of a disaster, there’s nothing more important to take care of yourself and your family first. Once your home is secure, then it’s time to focus on other people in the community to assist — or get the heck out if the scene is really awful. It’s my ...
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• How to Ensure Clean Water and Food for Emergency Preparedness

  
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  Jonny 5 inspecting our gear. Last Saturday, after writing my first article on disaster preparedness , I was walking to get a tea with Hudson. Just 3 houses up from us, across the street, there were about 20 people outside under a pop-up tent. They were holding 3-way radios and some were wearing hard hats. It was ...
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• President Declares May 2013 As Building Safety Month

  
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  Posted by Heidi Schwartz President Barack Obama has signed a proclamation declaring May as Building Safety Month. “When natural disasters and other hazards put American lives at risk, robust codes and standards for our buildings play an important role in keeping us safe,” the President states in the ...
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• The 7 Essentials for Emergencies

  
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  By Denis Korn                                                                                                                             Even though I have posted many articles addressing ...
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• My Childhood Memories of the Chernobyl Disaster in 1986

  
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  My Childhood Memories of the Chernobyl Disaster in 1986 The anniversary of the  Chernobyl disaster , the largest of its kind, was a few days ago on April 26th. View of the Chernobyl reactor after the 1986 disaster I was 9 years old at the time, living near Budapest, behind the  Iron Curtain  in Soviet ...
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• Why the Boston Bombers Succeeded

  
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  When seeking to place an attack like the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing into context, it is helpful to classify the actors responsible, if possible. Such a classification can help us understand how an attack fits into the analytical narrative of what is happening and what is likely to come.
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• IED training video teaches police and other to recognize and respond to Improvised Explosive Devices

  
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  "IEDs & VBIEDs" is an IED training video for police and other emergency personnel about preparing for and responding to Improvised Explosive Devices.
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• Zombies? Probably Not, But Emergency Preparedness is a Big Deal

  
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  I don’t consider myself a doomsday prepper or a conspiracy theorist. In fact, I recently deleted all my Facebook friends who were posting Boston Marathon bombing conspiracy garbage. I don’t think the government is “out to get us” either. I actually think it’s too bulky to get out of its own way. Or at ...
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• Thematic Focus: Climate Change/Natural Disasters

  
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  This years Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition focused on a case concerning the "Alfurnan migrants" and a sinking island scenario (see my earlier post ).  The competition is now over and the official results are available on the ILSA web site.  The champions hail from the National Law School of India ...
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• Most Schools Are Ill-Prepared for an Active Shooter Scenario

  
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  It will take an all-hazards tactic, additional campus safety personnel and a new approach to building design for schools to become more hardened against the threat of an active shooter on campus. But before all of that happens, we will undoubtedly see more events like the one that shook the country on Dec. 14, 2012, ...
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• Crowd Psychology: What Comes After Boston for Mass Public Events?

  
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  Will major marathons be relegated to a dull repetition of 105 or so loops around a stadium track?
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• Survivable Water Pipes

  
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  When an earthquake strikes, it is not just the immediate loss of life that is a concern, but the longer-term damage to critical infrastructure and the effect on human survival.  As we know, water is critical to every living creature, and in an earthquake, when there is damage to the water infrastructure, such as ...
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• The Boston Marathon Bombing: Are We Facing the “New Normal”?

  
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  Boston Marathon Bombing: Are We Facing the “New Normal”? By Kathryn Kavicky On April 15th, the 3:00 p.m. news out of Boston on Patriots Day snapped us into the new normal of reality. Our vulnerabilities were once again exposed and our abilities to survive the assault were again challenged. The Boston Marathon ...
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