Recovery…what does that even mean?

In emergency management, after the response to a major disaster or catastrophic event is concluded, attention is fully focused on recovery.  There is a fairly widely held notion amongst the general public that recovery means that folks will get back to "normal".  But there is no "normal" after experiencing such an event; instead, there is a [...]

What should we take away from Sandy?

Let's face it - the name Sandy will for many decades be a sour one for the millions of people affected by Hurricane Sandy's wrath.  Yet even as we remember the devastation and the effect of Sandy on our lives, we will as a nation soon move on from the immediate horror of it.  That [...]