Natural Disasters loophole allows USAF drone spying on Vashon

Sound Shake Facilitating Earthquake Preparedness-- A Workplace Guide

• John Cornelison
• 4/13/12

Click the following link to download a guide for facilitating earthquake preparedness at your workplace. Identify your organizational risks and hazards and develop an emergency plan.

Latest advice (Mar 9) from King County

• John Cornelison
• 3/9/20

Recommendations for people at high risk for complications from COVID-19 (i.e. older than 60 years, have chronic medical conditions or weakened immune systems, or who are pregnant) and families who live with them:

• Make sure you have access to several weeks of medications and supplies. Create a household plan of action (see CDC’s home plan checklist).
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Avoid crowds and other congregate settings. Try to avoid being in large groups of people, especially in poorly ventilated spaces.
• Clean your hands often. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
• Clean and disinfect your home to remove germs. Practice routine cleaning of frequently touched surfaces (for example: tables, doorknobs, light switches, handles, desks, toilets, faucets, sinks) with household cleaners and EPA-registered disinfectants that are appropriate for the surface, following label instructions.
• Pay attention for potential symptoms. COVID-19 symptoms can include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.

Crowd Sourcing and Crisis Mapping

• John Cornelison
• 3/28/11

• Tags

  Crowdsourcing , Gis , Situation awareness , Critical locations , Planning , Crisis mapping

  You’ve no doubt heard about volunteers across the globe helping assist with Haitian, Libyan, and other crises by crowd sourcing: geolocating and tagging new reports and data from a wide variety of news sources like phones, web forms, tweets, email and more. By filtering for keywords and locating these reports on a map, a wide variety of emergency managers, researchers, and citizens can rapidly get a better feeling for late breaking information – well before a reporter or others have had time to synthesize the data into a summary or overview.