The 2010 earthquake in Haiti provides a real-life framework that highlights the political realities of responding to mass emergencies and also reveals some of the limitations of the extant literature on crisis management in facilitating global response in the immediate aftermath of major disasters. Recently, researchers in the field of emergency management and disasters (e.g., Boin, 2009; Drabek, 2007; Shalev et al., 2000) have outlined issues that need to be addressed by crisis managers, policymakers, and government officials. This article discusses some of the premises regarding the critical lack of crisis management factors (e.g., modeling, agency coordination and integration, crisis planning, leadership functions) that limit the efficacy of the role of national initiatives related t...
Editors note: St. Albans native and WVU alumnus Ken Crockett headed West Virginias office in Nagoya, Japan, from 1996 to 2007. He now works for an oil and gas supply company in Tokyo. When Ken Crockett felt his downtown Tokyo office building shake at 2:30 p.m. on March 11 he didnt think much of it. The building had been rocked by a quake just two days before. Following protocol, Crockett moved from his desk to a doorway. You get a feeling in your gut it is kind of like a sixth sense, Crockett said Thursday in a telephone interview from Tokyo. Ten seconds in, we knew this was really different. After about 15 seconds it started to really shake and we realized it was time to get out of the building. Crockett works in an eight-story office building. Were on the second floor, he said. Were ...
MINERAL, Va. - Tens of millions of people from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the strongest earthquake to strike the East Coast since World War II. Three weeks before the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, office workers poured out of New York skyscrapers and the Pentagon, relieved it was nothing more sinister than an act of nature. There were no known deaths or serious injuries, but cracks appeared in the National Cathedral and three capstones broke off its tower. Windows shattered and grocery stores were wrecked in Virginia, where the quake was centered. The White House and Capitol were partly evacuated.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Nuclear Energy Institute's senior vice president and chief nuclear officer, Tony Pietrangelo, made the following comments today about the that was centered in central Virginia: Based on all information we have thus far, the systems at every U.S. nuclear energy facility where the 's effects were felt responded as designed. The facilities either shut down safely or are continuing to safely generate the electricity that helps sustain our nation's economy, run our air conditioners, and power the electronics equipment upon which Americans rely.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Untold numbers of people lost cellular phone service as a result of today's 5.8 magnitude centered in Mineral, Virginia. However, users of ProtectedSMS(TM), a secure, mobile text messaging product of Virginia-based Protected Mobility, were able to stay connected with the added assurance that their communications were protected from interception or spoofing via the company's patent pending encryption technology. The SMS channel serves as a vital link at times of crisis. During the 9/11 terrorist attacks and even during this year's tsunami in Japan, people were able to communicate via text when there was no voice service," said William J. Marlow, security expert and founder of Protected Mobility. "But executives in government, military...
Pursuant to Public Law 96-472, the will hold a 1\1/2\-day meeting on November 14 and 15, 2011, on the campus of the University of Washington. The Council is comprised of members from academia and the Federal Government. The Council shall advise the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey on proposed earthquake predictions, on the completeness and scientific validity of the available data related to earthquake predictions, and on related matters as assigned by the Director. Additional information about the Council may be found at: http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/nepec/. At the meeting, the Council will receive briefings on lessons learned from the 2010 Chile and 2011 Japan subduction earthquakes, monitoring and research effo...
Dubuquers feel quake? Some people in Dubuque reported feeling the earthquake that rattled Washington, D.C., with most of the reports coming from the Port of Dubuque. In response to a TH tweet and Facebook post seeking people who felt the earthquake, people said they felt the shaking in the Port of Dubuque, including seeing lights along the riverfront move, and plates rattled in the Hotel Julien Dubuque. Jolynn Kilburg said some McGraw-Hill employees felt the building shake. MINERAL, Va. - Tens of millions of people from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the strongest earthquake to strike the East Coast since World War II.
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