Tag: FEMA
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Our boldest ideas for avoiding natural disasters: bombing them
It’s the start of camping season, or as I like to call it, voluntarily being beat up by nature. Even a simple rain storm can really humble me when I’m camping for the weekend–we humans like to think we control our environments but take the house away and I am suddenly such a delicate creature.…
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What can the history of FEMA teach us about managing risks?
FEMA’s birthday was this week! I totally forgot to give them a gift, but if I could, I might gift them separation from the Department of Homeland Security. That’s right, welcome to this blog’s first hot take, let’s talk about the history of disaster management in the US and just how it came to be…