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Every once in a while I encounter someone new to emergency management who thinks taking FEMA out of DHS is some radical (or new) idea and folks, it’s not. Here’s

There’s a new episode of @RealHotTake (listen, subscribe, & leave a review).I need to clarify something that came up related to the terms “natural disasters” and “climate disasters”. This is

This is not an image you ever want to see. I’ve studied flooding in TX & LA for almost a decade & Port Arthur is one of the places I

There's a new Buzzfeed article that takes a look at the timing and extent of FEMA's involvement in the pandemic response. I'll go through it and point some things out

The situation: We see a disaster happen and we want to help. This is really generous and understandable. Miss. Geist explains: We empathize. So we think about what we can

The flooding in Michigan required the largest response mobilization (by a number of measures) since the pandemic began so I think it's worth looking at how the informal system (specifically

Ten years ago today an oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, killed 11 men, and initiated the largest environmental disaster in US history. The story I wanted to

No one: Not a single person: Me: Here are the democratic candidates as famous disasters #EMGTwitter Williamson as The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 Seems cool, real messy up close.

Jared Kushner, a man with no emergency management experience, is incorrect. Yes, the Strategic National Stockpile is to be used by states when needed.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1245852517474295809 Does Jared Kushner not have google?It's