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How Social Media Is Changing Disaster Response Social media has been an integral part of the disaster response to Hurricane Sandy. Millions of Americans used Twitter and Facebook to keep informed, locate loved ones, notify authorities and express support. “The convergence of social networks and mobile has thrown the old response playbook out the window,†[…]
By Meg Gilley, DAP Volunteer The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report last week warning that in the event of a disaster at one of the 65 U.S. nuclear power plants, frightened residents outside the standard 10-mile evacuation zone may also choose to evacuate, potentially blocking evacuation routes and preventing others from escaping. The […]
Indonesia’s natural disaster risks, costs rise – IRINnews.org 2012 was the least deadly year for natural disasters in the past decade, says the Natural Hazards Risk Atlas, a report published by Maplecroft. This could be because preparedness and emergency response to natural disasters have improved worldwide. But the report points out that equivalent measures to […]
Near-disaster in La. raises questions about evacuations – USA Today Tangipahoa, La. narrowed avoided major catastrophe during Hurricane Isaac after reports flooded in that the Percy Quin Dam was close to breaching from rainfall overburdening Tangipahoa Lake. Concern over the dam prompted Tangipahoa’s parish president to call a mandatory evacuation for half of the parish’s […]
Hurricane Isaac Drenches Gulf Coast and High Water Cuts Off Many – N.Y. Times The effects of Category 1 Hurricane Isaac surprised many residents in the Gulf Wednesday, including the Biloxi, Miss. mayor, who later admitted he wished he had called for a mandatory evacuation before the storm. Plaquemines Parish, La., Â the hardest hit in […]
Storm adds to misery in Haiti’s homeless camps – New York Times Haiti death toll jumps to 19 after tropical storm – USA Today Initial reports Haiti’s vulnerable homeless population suffered few deaths as a result of Tropical Storm Isaac are being refuted by new claims by the country’s Civil Protection Office that up to 19 […]
Fraud seeps into fund to assist the victims of Gulf oil disaster – Miami Herald via Philadelphia Inquirer More than 100 people have been arrested for allegedly submitting fraudulent claims to the disaster relief fund created for victims of the BP oil spill in 2010. Individuals facing charges include business owners who allegedly filed false […]
AP: Half of US counties now considered disaster areas – Seattle Post-Intelligencer The worst drought in decades is now affecting more than half of the counties in the United States, as farmers continue to battle severe heat and dryness. Nearly 220 counties were added to the affected list Aug. 1 by the U.S. Department of […]
Why we support the Disability Integration and Coordination Improvement Act By, Roger Wieand, Skidmore College and Nita Narayan, Fordham Law School Assisted by Neil Brazer, American University Note: You can show your support for this Bill by signing a support statement here: The “Disability Integration and Coordination Improvement Act†(H.R. 2849) was introduced to Congress […]
The Associated Press shed light on a new report by the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services exposing major gaps in nursing home preparedness. These gaps could lead to many of the same horrific events that followed Hurricane Katrina where “a Houston Chronicle investigation found that at least 139 nursing […]
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