The lovely weather reminds me that I wanted to share some flood preparedness information with you. I gave a couple of presentations on the subject on Thursday at NDSU, but became distracted and forgot about sharing some of the info here as well (imagine that - me distracted). It doesn't look like we will have [...]
Tag: emergency management
And again we shall rise…
I am on a take-no-prisoners to-do list day, so let me keep this brief (but meaningful). 😉 I want to say something now to the F/M community and all our comrades - before we dive head first as a community into our third annual flood fight (we really do need to stop meeting like this [...]
Gnome-body knows the trouble I’ve seen…
Okay, so here's the thing - I am not a fan of gnomes. Well, actually that isn't a strong enough statement. The truth is gnomes creep me out. And yes, I am talking about those seemingly jovial statues folks put in their yards that have a grin painted on their face in perpetuity. I know [...]
This ain’t your mama’s bra!
I regularly give gifts that are safety-oriented. It is my way of saying, "I care." Midland alert weather radios have been a staple in my gift-giving arsenal for years. Other basic safety items also regularly make their way into my gift-giving ethos. This Christmas the safety item distributed to the entire family was a safety [...]
And the answer was…goats.
The students in my mitigation class had to propose and detail a creative mitigation strategy for their last assignment of the semester. They could utilize up to $100,000 for their strategy and address any hazard they wanted to. I got some very detailed and elaborate proposals - some that met the mark and some that [...]
Bad girls go everywhere…
Today I offer some photos of the San Antonio adventure. I roomed again with my friend Mary Senger and we went here, there and everywhere (what is that they say about good girls and bad girls...hmmm...good girls go to heaven and bad girls go everywhere). And I do mean everywhere...in addition to visiting the Alamo [...]
Extreme Love…
The top five reasons why I love our NDSU Department of Emergency Management team that is managing the Extreme Makeover Check-In site: 1) They are flexible. They will step in and do what is needed, as it is needed and can do so with just a few limited instructions. Here are members of the team [...]
THE NEW FORTY 