Well, it looks like FEMA, and probably other federal agencies, have taken to creating an infographics. See: What to Expect After You Apply for FEMA Aid, an infographic currently being used in S.C.
Thanks to fellow blogger Eric Holdeman for the citation.
Update late Friday: Indeed, other federal agencies are also doing infographics. See the one just added from a reader at GAO, in the comment section of this posting.
FEMA Has Made Progress since Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, but Challenges Remain. GAO-16-90T; Oct 22, 2015. (Report is 24 pages).
For those readers tracking workforce issues, see pages 14-15.
Technology confronts disasters. From the lead in:
In 2010, soon after Haiti was devastated by an earthquake, a team from MIT Lincoln Laboratory collected and analyzed information to help the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), the lead military agency responding to the crisis, effectively dispatch vital resources, including food, water, tents, and medical supplies, to the victims of this disaster. The laboratory’s capabilities in advanced imaging also aided relief operations: A laser-radar imaging system, the Airborne Ladar Imaging Research Testbed (ALIRT), produced high-resolution, three-dimensional renderings of terrain and infrastructure that were used to generate maps indicating road trafficability, helicopter landing zones, and the changes in populations at camps for displaced persons.
New York City Tests Post-Disaster Housing That Stacks Up. Some excerpts:
For the past eight years, long before Hurricane Sandy did more than $70 billion in damage to the region, the city has been diligently developing what it calls urban post-disaster housing, with financing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Though still in the prototype phase, the hope is that it could someday shelter residents for months, or even years, as they await reconstruction of their homes.
Think of it as a Lego version of the FEMA trailer, designed for a city of rowhouses and apartment towers, where people are in abundance and space is not.
Update on Dec. 10. It turns out the numbers know are triple those announced initially. See: Over 2400 people killed.
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Once again, a review of mass events is essential. Death toll from the recent Saudi Hajj is over 2,000. This is a preventable type of disaster.
Thanks to John Twigg of the U.K. for sharing his new book: Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015 Edition. It is 382 pages.
Rising numbers of Americans believe climate science, poll shows. Level of belief has increased seven percentage points in the past six months as climate change brings weather events closer to home
Disasters and Financial Planning. This 52 page guide was produced by the Red Cross.
From the National Academy of Sciences, this new report out on Resilience Measures.
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