This is the last day of the IAEM Conference. Tomorrow I will head back home to some semblance of normalcy. Conferences are always filled with many great experiences and opportunities, but they are exhausting. There really is no down time. So in the few minutes I have in front of the computer today I will [...]
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This is BIG.
Well, tonight was Halloween in Orlando and I can sum it up like this: BIG HAIR. BIG LAUGHS. BIG TROUBLE. Enough said. 😉 One thousand two hundred and thirteen of the new forty [...]
The hot wash…
In emergency management a "hot wash" is a short discussion immediately after an exercise's conclusion. The goal is to allow folks to share their immediate impressions of the exercise while they are still fresh in their minds. Here is my hot wash of the IAEM Conference which took place this past week in Vegas. I [...]
What happens in Vegas…
It used to be said, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." These days what happens in Vegas stays on Facebook and in Google search long after the fleeting stupidity you enjoyed in the moment. In my case, what happens in Vegas stays on my blog. My friends, family and colleagues all know that about [...]
THE NEW FORTY 