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Calculating Tsunami Risk for the US East Coast

By   /  April 24, 2013  /  Climate  /  No Comments

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The greatest threat of a tsunami for the U.S. east coast from a nearby offshore earthquake stretches from the coast of New England to New Jersey, according to John Ebel of Boston College, who presented his findings today at the Seismological Society of America 2013 Annual Meeting. Read more @ sciencedaily.com

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By the numbers: Terrorism and the Olympics

By   /  July 30, 2012  /  General News  /  No Comments

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games open today in London. History offers a warning, but no clear pattern on the true risk of terrorism at the Olympic Games, concludes a new report by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) based at the University of Maryland. The Olympic Games have been [...]

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Fire & Drought: A Double Threat for Flooding

By   /  July 22, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

From the FEMA Blog by: David Miller, Associate Administrator for Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration Nature has already made the summer of 2012 historic in several ways: extreme heat and drought continues in many parts of the country. Severe storms and record wildfires have left many residents vulnerable to flooding. The recent wildfires have sadly impacted [...]

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Scale of 2011 disasters challenged established thinking on nature of risk

By   /  April 18, 2012  /  Emergency Management, General News  /  No Comments

New paper says that the scale of the catastrophes experienced in 2011 exceeded previous loss-modeling predictions and has challenged established thinking on the nature of risk; the paper says that, post-2011, companies need to re-examine their risk management strategies and introduce new methodologies to strengthen their operational and financial resilience Following the severe catastrophes experienced around [...]

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Understanding Our Risk: Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 201: Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

By   /  April 6, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

From the FEMA Blog by: Tim Manning, Deputy Administrator, Protection and National Preparedness and David Miller, Associate Administrator for Federal Insurance and Mitigation At FEMA, we’ve been working hard to ensure that our nation continually strengthens its resiliency and becomes as prepared as it can be against all hazards. Today we took another step forward in [...]

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