Monthly Archives: November 2008
Great American Shakeout Follow-up
I’d almost forgotten about the Great Southern California Shakeout (the earthquake drill that happened November 13, 2008) until the USGS very helpfully sent me a link to the “Corecast” for the “Lessons Learned” from the largest-ever earthquake scenario exercise. (Download … Continue reading
Michael Chertoff on the Government’s Role in Managing Risk
I’ve mentioned before that I find the most interesting things when I read more broadly outside of my field. Knowledge@Wharton, for instance, the online business journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. One of the articles in … Continue reading
Galveston National Laboratory – new National Biocontainment Lab opens
Having seen actual snow falling as I was on my way in to work this morning (yes, in November, and yes, I live in Richmond!), I’m tempted to just link to the VDEM’s “Get Ready Now for Winter Weather” news … Continue reading
Using Google for the Greater Good
Google has a number of applications, such as Google Docs, that are being put to creative and innovative uses. In the field of public health, for instance, Google Flu Trends uses aggregated search data, combined with IP addresses, to track … Continue reading
Trust for America’s Health
I discovered this organization thanks to a pointer from the HSDL to their October 2008 report entitled, “Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America.” Having just participated in a discussion group on the ethics and … Continue reading
Quake Catcher Network
From Stanford University and the University of California – Riverside, an intriguing example of “distributed computing” being used to provide evidence of earthquakes around the globe. Download the free software and become part of the Quake Catcher Network. The Quake-Catcher … Continue reading