A Shared Social Language for Preparedness What We Can Learn from How Other Countries Normalize Preparedness Occasionally you encounter something that will change how you look at something familiar to you. A YouTube video about Preppers and Preparedness made me stop and think. As with most things, every once in a while something comes along … Read more
Why Preparedness Is the Smartest Investment You’ll Ever Make Introduction The recent Bloomberg feature, “How Climate Disasters Turned Into a Trillion-Dollar US Industry”, painted a sobering picture: the U.S. now spends nearly $1 trillion a year on disaster recovery. That’s not prevention or resilience, unfortunately that’s recovery. For businesses and community-based organizations (CBOs), this means … Read more
The following interview was conducted on 17 May 2021 as part of the Conversations on Family Urban Disaster Planning Summit. Our first speaker of the series is James Lee Witt. James Lee was appointed as the FEMA Director by President Clinton. James Lee is perhaps best known for the credit he received for turning FEMA … Read more
