Monthly Archives: September 2009

Landslide Handbook

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Carrie Ludovico

Here’s a rather random post, on a day when Tsunamis and Earthquakes are in the news. The USGS has published an online handbook “intended to be a resource for people affected by landslides to acquire further knowledge about the conditions … Continue reading →

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Disaster DVDs from National Archives

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Carrie Ludovico

(I need a tag for this item called “not-sure-how-I-feel-about-this”) In case you don’t get enough storm stories from the Weather Channel’s “When Weather Changed History” series, the National Archives has produced a boxed set of DVDs, available at your local … Continue reading →

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Search and Rescue throughout history

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Carrie Ludovico

American Heritage magazine features an interesting article, “Heavy Rescue”, describing the history of search and rescue, and looking into the future. The article covers both the improvements in technology and management of crises such as building collapse over time. This … Continue reading →

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GAO report on post-disaster collaboration

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Carrie Ludovico

This item came to my attention a while ago (it was first published in July 2009), but I finally got a minute to actually look at it. DISASTER RECOVERY Experiences from Past Disasters Offer Insights for Effective Collaboration after Catastrophic … Continue reading →

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