ResearchBuzz: FirehoseR-Bloggers: EM-DAT, the world’s disaster memory, is at risk. “EM-DAT, the Emergency Events Database, is the world’s most widely used and trusted global database for tracking natural and technological disasters…. For more than 25 years, EM-DAT was primarily funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Following the recent dismantling of USAID, that funding is […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/12/r-bloggers-em-dat-the-worlds-disaster-memory-is-at-risk/
Hacker NewsDisaster planning for regular folks (2015)
https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/prep/index-old.shtml
#HackerNews #DisasterPlanning #RegularFolks #EmergencyPreparedness #2015 #SafetyTips
Miss GayleEmergency & Disaster Planning is designed to build resilience to the challenges of the rapidly changing climate and world.
Feb 3 to March 10, 2026 | Online
Join Emergency & Disaster Planning: https://earthactivisttraining.org/emergency-disaster-planning/
#Activism #Community #Sustainability #Disasters #DisasterPlanning
WorldPopProjectWhat can new geospatial insights reveal about how our cities & communities are changing? 🛰️
🌍Andy Tatem unveils plans for our open high-resolution population data at #HumanPlanetForum2025📊
Watch the video & learn more 👉
https://www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpop-global-2-a-new-era-of-high-resolution-population-data/
#GlobalHealth #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterPlanning #ClimateChange #HPF2025 #HumanPlanetForum
Dr. Elizabeth Sawin✨I have a question at the intersection of household scale #electrification and #disasterplanning. It has to do with battery storage and the internet. #climate
University of Kentucky: Saving the ‘soul of a community’: UK Land-grant Engagement program preserves arts, culture through disaster preparedness. “Through a groundbreaking initiative led by the University of Kentucky, arts preparedness is emerging as a pillar of land-grant engagement. This collaborative effort unites Kentucky Community Arts Extension, part of the University of Kentucky […]
csExamining the cost of a New Orleans family's hurricane evacuation : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR
Can you afford to evacuate?
#hurricanes #economics #disasterPlanning #Hazards
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/1255376165/tallying-the-cost-of-hurricane-francine-evacuation-fema-response
Can you afford to evacuate?
#hurricanes #economics #disasterPlanning #Hazards
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/1255376165/tallying-the-cost-of-hurricane-francine-evacuation-fema-response
Ian BarkerEnterprises struggle with serious gaps in cyber response plans #CyberResponse #DisasterPlanning
https://betanews.com/2025/04/25/enterprises-struggle-with-serious-gaps-in-cyber-response-plans/
Jenny MathiassonToday I had a lot of fun running a practical #salvage day for GLAMs in #Wales: we had a great time talking about #DisasterPlanning and how to best deal with #collections when they get soggy. 🪣
One of my favs from the salvage buckets were these handwritten pages of training notes from someone: the blue ink was running everywhere and staining everything in its path. Beautiful! Horrific!
I'll be doing another in Bangor soon, so if you missed this one and you're in Wales you should get in touch!
Jo RhodesPondering the supreme irony of working on a funding application for a #CommunityResilience project with a focus on #DisasterPlanning and #extremeweather events while #StormEowyn is raging outside. #MutualAid #timebanking #Microvolunteering #OffersAndNeedsMarket #OANM