http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=960&32=8717&7=528902&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs Emergency Management's Blogs en-us Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:27:01 GMT 2010-03-15T07:27:01Z en-us http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87578072&32=8717&7=528902&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-zone%2FMarch-13--Quote-of-the.html "You must treat information as a commodity as important as the more traditional and tangible commodities as food, water and shelter." Jane Hull Lute I Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:27:01 GMT 6d22ce8065a76301064492424c5d9a36 2010-03-15T07:27:01Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=529487&44=87614632&32=8717&7=528902&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Falerts%2FPaying-for-a-System.html On the surface, costs for a managed system-of-systems notification and alerting program will be greater than the traditional approach of buying a single solution from Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:15:01 GMT 0bf801c14e0a7370c766ebdb5923ec98 2010-03-15T07:15:01Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87551127&32=8717&7=528902&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 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:27:01 GMT bd2054656a4eb7ed984073011c11de0c 2010-03-14T05:27:01Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87547572&32=8717&7=528902&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 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:27:02 GMT 56503d73e32f233efd5fd7c6146679a8 2010-03-14T04:27:02Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=533692&44=87487447&32=8717&7=528902&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fdisaster-sociologist%2FThe-Wisdom-of-the.html Over the past few weeks I've been watching an amazing online social movement take place as 'Volunteer Technical Communities' (VTC) have created a virtual response Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:25:01 GMT 295515e0b0b56230b4c6280d684d5aab 2010-03-13T18:25:01Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87464552&32=8717&7=528902&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 14:27:03 GMT 38b9561f35e896bb9c1ffb92c028488d 2010-03-13T14:27:03Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87464557&32=8717&7=528902&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 14:27:03 GMT ecf56b3b195574d13bd6d3324ceac8ac 2010-03-13T14:27:03Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=579762&44=87316247&32=8717&7=528902&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencymgmt.com%2Femergency-blogs%2Fcampus%2FWanna-be-an-emergency.html I think I have the best job in the entire emergency management world.  It's challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, frustrating and confusing.  Generally, all at Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:19:01 GMT ee889208b3f0971930ce909f47269a0e 2010-03-13T08:19:01Z http://www.emergencymgmt.com/r?19=961&43=500032&44=87428422&32=8717&7=528902&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=528902&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