Lol my son's homework looks... familiar.

"In this written assignment, you will take on the role of a meteorologist who is providing weather support to emergency managers planning for the arrivel of a potentially disastrous weather system.... a historically strong late winter mid-latitude cyclone is predicted to develop.... "
#wx #emergencymanagment

The post linked below is a really good idea. As a member of my town’s #EmergencyManagment committee, I wonder how these simple and cheap radios could be deployed in a rural area.

From: @ai6yr
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/110787271127615011

AI6YR (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image @[email protected] @[email protected] @w6ah @[email protected] More relevant is FRS -> ham (no license required there) and FRS is more accessible. There was an effort for awhile to set this up, but the guy who was running this unfortunately passed away during the pandemic.

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Canada urgently needs a FEMA-like emergency management agency

Creating a federal agency — let’s call it the Emergency Management Agency of Canada or EMAC — would support comprehensive emergency management as Canada faces more and more natural disasters.

The Conversation
Glad that #FDNY is distributing #N95 masks. But, why were the masks not distributed BEFORE the crisis? Not like we didn't know the smoke was coming. #smokewave #NewYorkers were in danger because of poor emergency planning. And, WHAT ABOUT QUEENS?? The phrase "a day late and a dollar short" comes to mind. #NYC #CanadaWildfire #EmergencyManagment #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateChange https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-york-citys-smoke-wave-response-time-warnings/story?id=99914653
New York City's 'smoke wave' response time for warnings criticized

Environmental experts stress that the public needs early air quality warnings.

ABC News

Matching requirements are a significant challenge, particularly in #rural areas. See it all day, every day on mitigation & response-oriented grants.

Skin in the game - for #mitigation, #preparedness...all of it - but the notes in the article about a more equitable match methodology are spot on.

#emergencymanagment #em #emergencymanager #ruralempowerment

https://grist.org/cities/the-unexpected-barrier-preventing-american-small-towns-from-accessing-federal-climate-funds/

The unexpected barrier preventing American small towns from accessing federal climate funds

The infrastructure law allocated more than $50 billion to make America more resilient to climate change. But much of that money comes with a catch.

Grist
Emergency Management folks, do we want our own instance/server on Mastodon? It would be limited to folks in public and private sector emergency management. The goal is to be able to exchange ideas, best practices, AARs, and information. #smem #EMGTwitter #emergencymanagment #emergencypreparedness #emergencyplanning
Elon Musk's Twitter Isn’t Ready for the Next Natural Disaster

Emergency responders rely on the platform to share and collect lifesaving information. Looser moderation puts that in peril.

WIRED