A trend that I have become increasingly aware of is the usage of headphones by those exercising, walking, or spending any solitary time. This concerns me because when the headphones are in the users lose one of their senses they would typically be able to rely upon for situational awareness. I see this all around [...]
Tag: risk management
Fine tune that lens…
When I give presentations to classes or community groups about emergency management and how individuals can prepare for emergencies and disasters, I always feel like a bit of a Debbie Downer. I am, after all, cautioning them to prepare for something that may be a fairly frightening event that could cause harm to them, their [...]
Embrace life.
An emergency management colleague posted a fabulous PSA on one of the discussion boards I subscribe to that I want to share with you today. Click here to view what I believe is one of the most powerful reminders of why folks should wear a seat belt. The PSA was created a couple of years [...]
No…not again…when will we learn?
In my early days in emergency management I compiled a report about what has come to be known as the "Great White fire". That was the fire that was started when pyrotechnics were used in a Great White performance in a crowded nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island (February 21, 2003). 99 people lost their lives [...]
A 4,800 lb. force…
Two pregnant sisters were killed in a rollover accident in Eastern Montana on Friday morning. Icy conditions are believed to have played a role in the rollover. The sisters did not have their seat belts on and were thrown from the vehicle. The driver, their mother, had her seat belt on and is listed in [...]
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 [...]
Place more value on your life and the lives of others than on a text…
My blog entry today is an open letter to a young woman who was driving behind me for awhile today on my way back from the NDSU campus. She caught my eye originally while I was sitting at a stop light. The young woman (she looked to be about the age of a college student) had long [...]
THE NEW FORTY 