Monthly Archives: February 2009
Using Google Earth to map the spread of viruses
Doing a search for a student recently, I came across this open-access, peer-reviewed journal, the International Journal of Health Geographics. (Read the “About” page for the journal here.) The range of article topics is vast and fascinating – for example: … Continue reading
PandemicFlu.gov
Pandemic flu hasn’t made the news much this winter (although the stock market seems to have caught a bad case of something), but the CDC has collected everything you might ever be interested in on the topic, and put it … Continue reading
Virginia Emergency Management Conference
Thought some of you might be interested in this: VEM Conference offers national and local perspectives The 2009 Virginia Emergency Management Conference, set for March 31-April 3 in Hampton, will provide professional development, skills and knowledge of current emergency management … Continue reading
Australia Wildfires
Every hour yesterday, it seemed, the top of the hour news brought an increase in the number of deaths caused by these fires; right now the count is 181, and is expected to climb. The image above is courtesy of … Continue reading
Alaskan Volcano Watch
I have a six-year old son who is more than interested in any type of weather event – we use the term “obsessed”, and we don’t use it lightly. Second only to tornadoes in his world are volcanoes, and he … Continue reading
Death Map USA
How’s that for a catchy title? The New Scientist magazine links to several different maps which look at the areas of the United States where residents are most likely to die from a natural disaster. The most interesting thing about … Continue reading