Just recently I wrote about how you need to use disaster events around the world as the "Teachable Moment." This is a phrase that Barb Graff, Director of the Seattle's Office of Emergency Management often uses at times like these when disasters are in the news. Sure enough it ends up as a quote and is the title of the news item.
See Chile Quake a "teachable moment for Western WA This applies not only to places with a subduction earthquake fault off their coast, but just about anywhere. Even if people are living in places that they "perceive" to not have a significant earthquake fault the one-two punch of Haiti and now Chile will have made an impression on people.
Now is the time to write that Op-ed on preparedness for your local paper. Do a news release on what the actual earthquake hazards are for your region of the world--they exist almost everywhere. Get out and do a speaking engagement or two.
These disasters will fade in people's memories, so you must strike when the iron is hot! Many legislatures are in session now. Is there a bill pertaining to emergency management you have not been able to get traction on? Now is the time to push!
Dennis Mileti once said that legislator's attention span to issues like what I describe above is about six months--so don't delay.
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See Chile Quake a "teachable moment for Western WA This applies not only to places with a subduction earthquake fault off their coast, but just about anywhere. Even if people are living in places that they "perceive" to not have a significant earthquake fault the one-two punch of Haiti and now Chile will have made an impression on people.
Now is the time to write that Op-ed on preparedness for your local paper. Do a news release on what the actual earthquake hazards are for your region of the world--they exist almost everywhere. Get out and do a speaking engagement or two.
These disasters will fade in people's memories, so you must strike when the iron is hot! Many legislatures are in session now. Is there a bill pertaining to emergency management you have not been able to get traction on? Now is the time to push!
Dennis Mileti once said that legislator's attention span to issues like what I describe above is about six months--so don't delay.
