- May 16
- 3 min
Disasters Aren't Political, It's Emergency Management That Is
As we pass 1 million U.S. COVID deaths, I can’t help but reflect on the common adage that ‘all disasters are political’. Because, I don’t...
- Jun 9, 2021
- 5 min
Is Disaster Resilience Just a Well-Played Game of Poker?
In her book The Biggest Bluff, psychologist Maria Konnikova takes an interesting view of human behavior by exploring poker as a strong...
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
What "Values-Based Emergency Management" is all about
"People loved the trees, and wanted to protect them." Residents of Rock Haven, California linked their town's identity to the forest that...
- Feb 17, 2021
- 7 min
Values-Based Emergency Management Will Make Communities More Resilient
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's disaster declaration yesterday to address cold-driven energy cost increases is an unmistakable...
- Feb 8, 2021
- 5 min
The Good and the Bad of False Alerts
Three years ago, my family and I found ourselves in the midst of what may be the worst false alert in modern times. It was just days into...
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
"In God we trust, all others bring data"
A White House press release today highlighted that, "[t]o monitor outcomes, the National Strategy will establish a data-driven,...
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Calibrating Theory with Practice - IEM7e Reviewed by ASIS
George Haddow, Jane Bullock, and I have always considered our efforts on Introduction to Emergency Management to be a genuine 'labor of...
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
Values-Based Emergency and Risk Management
Emergency and risk management are most effective when they are values-based. We place extraordinarily-high value on life and health when...
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
An Unlikely Defense of the Mask Mandate
Why do we need a mask mandate? Perhaps not for the reasons one might expect. It's no secret that resistance to masks remains at an...
- May 5, 2020
- 2 min
COVID Risk Communication: Enabling Risk Comparisons
This article published today (Critics said the flu kills more than coronavirus. Why that's not a fair comparison -- and now, it's not...
