Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Post-hurricane Houston, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Part 2. Three weeks later…
LOTRW last offered a look at recovery from hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria on September 29. Time for another quick...
Perspectives
Building AMS Community, Maximizing Value of Our Information
by Douglas Hilderbrand, Chair, AMS Board on Enterprise Communication Early August seems forever ago. Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey were...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Recovery: A tale of three hurricanes.
“Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.” – Will Durant “Recovery starts from the darkest moment.” –...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The existential human challenge.
The existential human challenge? You might have your own candidate; here’s one to chew on: Thriving on our generous, dangerous,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Building U.S. disaster resilience.
Prologue: With each passing day, the Puerto Rican disaster reveals its true extent. It’s no mere disaster (a word cheaply...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Ratcheting-up America’s resilience to hazards.
Prologue: The daily news from Puerto Rico is excruciatingly tragic. A week after Hurricane Maria’s passage, some 3.5 million people...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Shelter-in-place!
“A banker lends you an umbrella when the sun is shining but takes it back when it starts to rain.”...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Time to hit the reset button on American weather-hazards policy?
Here is America’s weather-hazards policy in a nutshell[1]: React at times when weather outlooks and forecasts indicate danger. Shelter in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Harvey-Irma reveal.
“Forecasting the weather” vs. “protecting life and property?” Hurricanes Harvey and Irma reveal important policy implications. An earlier pair of...
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Disaster Do-Overs
Ready to do it all over again? Fresh on the heels of a $100+ billion hurricane, we very well may be...
