Author Archives: Carrie Ludovico
From the USFA Learning Resource Center comes this browsable and searchable collection of research papers from the past 25 years: “This resource page allows you to search and explore our collection of nearly 7000 EFOP papers dating from 1986 to … Continue reading
Tsunami Imagery
From the Baylor College of Medicine, this page (aimed at teachers of Biology) offers an in-depth look at what it takes to create the imagery from which emergency planners do after-action analysis, resource allocation and focus recovery work. “To determine … Continue reading
Google in a Crisis Situation (aka the 100th post)
Here’s a great example of Google doing something positive with their unique position in the world: Within minutes of hearing about the 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan in March, Googlers around the world—from engineers to webmasters to … Continue reading
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Another timely bit… A great collection of information from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency about the Japanese nuclear reactors: The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a specialised agency within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation … Continue reading
Earthquakes: Risk, Detection, Warning, and Research CRS Report
Talk about timely… here’s a new report, issued by CRS in early February, on various government programs relating to earthquake understanding and preparation in the US. (Report is available thanks to OpenCRS.) Did you know that four US Government agencies … Continue reading
Craig Fugate at CSIS
(Many moons ago, I was an intern here. Great place to be introduced to the world of work.) FEMA Administrator Fugate at CSIS At CSIS on February 17, FEMA administrator Craig Fugate described FEMA’s role as one of support and … Continue reading
Christchurch Earthquake Visualization
I’ve had this ‘in the stack’ for a while, but with last week’s event, it moved to the top. The University of Canterbury’s Digital Media Group developed the Christchurch Quake Map. In their words, it “present[s] a time-lapse visualisation of … Continue reading
Hurricane Katrina Resource Guide
Once again, from the good folks at the NETC LRC (Library), an excellent “one-stop” resource for information of all types on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. They have gathered together books, reports and articles on topics as diverse as Human … Continue reading
Natural Hazards Observer
(This entry is the first in an occasional series on journals relevant to the field of Emergency Services Management/Disaster Science.) Some of the best information for the field of Emergency Services Management comes from the practitioners, and the Natural Hazards … Continue reading