http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=960&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone EM Blog: Disaster Zone en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:27:03 GMT 2010-03-13T08:27:03Z en-us http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87464557&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FESRI-Homeland-Seurity-GIS.html As you well know by now I'm a fan of maps. The future for maps (currently anyway) is in GIS technologies. I see that ESRI Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:27:03 GMT ecf56b3b195574d13bd6d3324ceac8ac 2010-03-13T08:27:03Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87547572&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FChile--Someone-Has.html It is important to recognize that following a major disaster, "Someone has to take the blame for when things go wrong." Just ask any number Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:27:02 GMT 56503d73e32f233efd5fd7c6146679a8 2010-03-13T08:27:02Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87464552&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FRemember-Haiti.html We've moved on, right? American Idol has us talking around the water coolers about who got bumped from the show, etc. Meanwhile the tragedy that Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:27:02 GMT 38b9561f35e896bb9c1ffb92c028488d 2010-03-13T08:27:02Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87551127&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FCrowd-Sourcing-Now-This.html Jeanette Sutton, a co-conspirator on social media ideas has a new blog posting on Crowd Sourcing This is exactly the type of collaboration that is Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:27:01 GMT bd2054656a4eb7ed984073011c11de0c 2010-03-13T08:27:01Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87428422&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FAre-you-a-HLS.html HLS Watch has a blog posting that lists all the Homeland Security Grants and then invites you to take a test to see if you Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:27:03 GMT d764659f7a34fb33f5c60cae65813841 2010-03-13T04:27:03Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87424447&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FThe-Truth-About-the.html Eric Kant shared the following blog post with me: The Truth about the Average Twitter User The numbers are not all that surprising. I believe Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:27:04 GMT 03119136102b34f38c49122c48469479 2010-03-13T03:27:04Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87303497&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FSocial-Media-Workshop-Notes.html One of the downsides of using blogspot to blog with is that I can't attached a Word or PDF file. So, to share my notes Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:27:02 GMT c04647f3194f6d0c467aed295ea2a100 2010-03-12T04:27:02Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87300787&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FInterview-with-Philidelphias-Emergency.html MaryAnn Tierney was kind enough to participate in an interview with me. It is now available online at Emergency Management Magazine Philadelphia Emergency Management Official Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:27:02 GMT 3ec9f1d7085869d4d77ab94c4e7c0a1d 2010-03-12T03:27:02Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87188702&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FFEMA-Flood-Maps.html If you want to stir up a controversy you only need to have FEMA come into town and release their new revised flood maps to Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:27:02 GMT 7af174c3086e4ec0de2b83f65d5483b0 2010-03-11T04:27:02Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87188692&32=8717&7=528907&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2F87188692.html How I Got to Be An Emergency Manager--I think that this would be a great series of blog posts. All experienced emergency managers are asked Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:27:02 GMT 0803d0dcd89e62d4632a65d0039be2ec 2010-03-11T04:27:02Z