Disasters

C-AT interoperability gear recommended by CWID 2005
- Read more
WTC escape behavior may lead to changes in building code, work-place rules
- Read more

Congress may require communication interoperability standard
- Read more
More companies now have formal business continuity management programs
- Read more

The business continuity lessons of Buncefield
- Read more
L-3 Titan Group among six vendors to support DHS National Exercise Program
- Read more

House to release blistering report of federal government failure in Katrina: Federal response marked by
- Read more
Chertoff to announce major FEMA initiatives
- Read more

TVI receives more orders for its decontamination shelters
Small Maryland company making contamination shelters had difficult times selling its products, until recently
- Read more
TVI sells respirator device to Pennsylvania anti-terror units
- Read more

Securities Industry Association to conduct business continuity test in October
- Read more
Business continuity comes to China
- Read more

Symantec provides secure environment on insecure machines
- Read more
GAO report slams Bush, Chertoff for Katrina lack of preparation, slow response
Michael Brown was the public face of the federal government’s failures before and during Katrina; new GAO report says President Bush and Secretary Chertoff should share more of the blame
- Read more
Advise to small businesses: Planning is crucial
Small businesses do not have the resources of big businesses, so they need to plan for disasters even more
- Read more

The long view

To bolster the world’s inadequate cyber governance framework, a “Cyber WHO” is needed
A new report on cyber governance commissioned by Zurich Insurance Group highlights challenges to digital security and identifies new opportunities for business. It calls for the establishment of guiding principles to build resilience and the establishment of supranational governance bodies such as a Cyber Stability Board and a “Cyber WHO.”
- Read more
Protecting the U.S. power grid
The U.S. power grid is made up of complex and expensive system components, which are owned by utilities ranging from small municipalities to large national corporations spanning multiple states. A National Academy of Sciences report estimates that a worst-case geomagnetic storm could have an economic impact of $1 trillion to $2 trillion in the first year, which is twenty times the damage caused by a Katrina-class hurricane.
- Read more
More than 143 million Americans at risk from earthquakes
More than 143 million Americans living in the forty-eight contiguous states are exposed to potentially damaging ground shaking from earthquakes, with as many as twenty-eight million people in the highest hazard zones likely to experience strong shaking during their lifetime, according to new research. The research puts the average long-term value of building losses from earthquakes at $4.5 billion per year, with roughly 80 percent of losses attributed to California, Oregon, and Washington. By comparison, FEMA estimated in 1994 that seventy-five million Americans in thirty-nine states were at risk from earthquakes. In the highest hazard zones, the researchers identified more than 6,000 fire stations, more than 800 hospitals, and nearly 20,000 public and private schools that may be exposed to strong ground motion from earthquakes.
- Read more
A large Ventura Fault quake could trigger a tsunami
Earthquake experts had not foreseen the 2011 magnitude-9 Japan earthquake occurring where it did, so soon after the disaster, scientists in Southern California began asking themselves, “What are the big things we’re missing?” For decades, seismic experts believed the Ventura fault posed only a minor to moderate threat, but new research suggests that a magnitude-8 earthquake could occur on the fault roughly every 400 to 2,400 years. The newly discovered risk may even be more damaging than a large earthquake occurring on the San Andreas Fault, which has long been considered the state’s most dangerous. Unlike the Ventura fault, the San Andreas Fault is so far inland in Southern California, that it does not pose a tsunami risk. A large earthquake on the Ventura fault, however, could create a tsunami that would begin “in the Santa Barbara Channel area, and would affect the coastline … of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, down through the Santa Monica area and further south.”
- Read more
Coastal communities can lower flood insurance rates by addressing sea-level rise
City leaders and property developers in Tampa Bay are urging coastal communities to prepare today for sea-level rise and future floods in order to keep flood insurance rates low in the future. FEMA, which administers the National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP), is increasing flood insurance premiums across the country, partly to offset losses from recent disasters such as hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Cities can reduce insurance premiums for nearly all residents who carry flood coverage by improving storm-water drainage, updating building codes to reflect projected rise in sea-levels, moving homes out of potentially hazardous areas, and effectively informing residents about storm danger and evacuation routes.
- Read more
California drought highlights the state’s economic divide
As much of Southern California enters into the spring and warmer temperatures, the effects of California’s historic drought begin to manifest themselves in the daily lives of residents, highlighting the economic inequality in the ways people cope. Following Governor Jerry Brown’s (D) unprecedented water rationing regulations,wealthier Californians weigh on which day of the week no longer to water their grass, while those less fortunate are now choosing which days they skip a bath.
- Read more

C-AT interoperability gear recommended by CWID 2005

WTC escape behavior may lead to changes in building code, work-place rules

Congress may require communication interoperability standard

More companies now have formal business continuity management programs

The business continuity lessons of Buncefield

L-3 Titan Group among six vendors to support DHS National Exercise Program

House to release blistering report of federal government failure in Katrina: Federal response marked by

Chertoff to announce major FEMA initiatives

TVI receives more orders for its decontamination shelters

TVI sells respirator device to Pennsylvania anti-terror units

Securities Industry Association to conduct business continuity test in October

Business continuity comes to China

Symantec provides secure environment on insecure machines

GAO report slams Bush, Chertoff for Katrina lack of preparation, slow response

Advise to small businesses: Planning is crucial

More headlines

Who's online

The long view

To bolster the world’s inadequate cyber governance framework, a “Cyber WHO” is needed

Protecting the U.S. power grid

More than 143 million Americans at risk from earthquakes

A large Ventura Fault quake could trigger a tsunami

Coastal communities can lower flood insurance rates by addressing sea-level rise

California drought highlights the state’s economic divide