Hurricane Season 2018: How Emergency Leaders Plan to Weather the Storms
Mid-Atlantic officials discuss new plans put into place, training to face catastrophe, and cooperative relationships. Keep Reading
#RealDeal Interview: Deputy Administrator Fosters State, Local Teamwork with FEMA
When it comes to hurricane preparedness "we're no longer talking about a three-legged stool, we're talking about a four-legged stool." Keep Reading
City Predicts Widespread Damage if Sunset Strip Fault Lets Loose
West Hollywood has identified more than 800 buildings that could be at risk of damage or collapse in a major earthquake, part of a comprehensive effort to inventory them and require retrofits. Keep Reading
InsideHS: The Ultimate ‘Bad Day’ Practice Session Unfolds at NLE18
DAY 1: National Level Exercise to test how agencies come together for a major hurricane that makes landfall in Virginia. Keep Reading
Fewer Quakes But Bigger Stakes in East Coast Temblors as Opposed to West Coast
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake in 2011 in Mineral, Virginia, was felt up to 600 miles from the epicenter. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in 2014 in Napa, California, was felt only as far as 250 miles from the epicenter. Keep Reading
U.S. ‘a Lot More Fragile Than We Realize’ on Biothreats, Experts Warn
"Lack of threat awareness and poor situational awareness" on synthetic agents and natural pathogens hampered by insufficient coordination, intelligence. Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: A Practical Tool for Developing Complex Coordinated Attack Plans
Breaking down CCTAs into their component parts allows for easy follow-up comparisons between different events. Keep Reading
WMO Hurricane Committee Reviews Devastating 2017 Season, Retires Names
The Hurricane Committee retired the names Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate from its list of rotating names. They will be replaced by Harold, Idalia, Margot and Nigel. Keep Reading
Commander: USCG Lessons Learned from Harvey Include Handling 911 Surge, Keeping Funding Up
Coast Guard men and women around the country on their own developed social media heat maps to guide efforts. Keep Reading
Seismic Cloak Successfully Deflects Earthquake Waves
The experiment was the largest field test thus far of ongoing efforts in Europe and the United States to create a seismic barrier that would shield or perhaps even cloak key infrastructure from an earthquake’s deadly force. Keep Reading