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Global Hawk Flies High, Offering a Detailed Hurricane Measurement

By   /  May 10, 2013  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

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Scientists at the Earth Science Office at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., are testing an airborne system that could drastically change the way hurricanes are forecast. 

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New Metric to Measure Destructive Potential of Hurricanes

By   /  April 29, 2013  /  Climate, Emergency Management  /  No Comments

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Researchers at Florida State University have developed a new metric to measure seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity that focuses on the size of storms in addition to the duration and intensity, a measure that may prove important when considering a hurricane’s potential for death and destruction.

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Sandy Marked a Shift for Social Media Use in Disasters

By   /  March 11, 2013  /  #smem  /  No Comments

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First it was the AOL chat rooms, followed by online community chat and discussion boards, then it was blogs. Since 2000, social media has expanded to include Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more.

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Higher Heart Attack Rates Continue 6 Years After Katrina

By   /  March 11, 2013  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

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New Orleans residents continue to face a three-fold increased risk of heart attack post-Katrina — a trend that has remained unchanged since the storm hit in 2005, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 62nd Annual Scientific Session. Read more @ sciencedaily.com

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Lessons from Sandy: A Word on Innovation

By   /  January 18, 2013  /  Emergency Management  /  1 Comment

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by: Rich Serino, Deputy Administrator When people think of innovation, they usually think that it is something for the tech or design world—they don’t associate it with government or bureaucracy. 

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