How To Survive A Nuclear Attack
February 18, 2009 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
The face of nuclear terror has changed since the Cold War, but disaster-medicine expert Irwin Redlener reminds us the threat is still real. He looks at some of history’s farcical countermeasures and offers practical advice on how to survive an attack.
Dr. Irwin Redlener spends his days imagining the worst: He studies how humanity might survive natural or human-made disasters of unthinkable severity.
After 9/11, Irwin Redlener emerged as a powerful voice in disaster medicine — the discipline of medical care following natural and human-made catastrophes. He was a leading face of the relief effort after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and is the author of Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now. He’s the associate dean, professor of Clinical Public Health and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.
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Hurricane Gustav – New Orleans May Face Mandatory Evacuations
August 30, 2008 by national
Filed under Stories of Interest
Hurricane Gustav – New Orleans May Face Mandatory Evacuations
Rescue workers were considering evacuating New Orleans as it faced a hurricane threat three years to the day that Katrina devastated the city.
Tropical storm Gustav, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, hit Jamaica on Thursday after leaving 67 people dead in Hispaniola, the island divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The US states of Texas and Louisiana put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary.
Additional Hurricane Gustav Links
- National Hurricane Center
- NOLA.com (New Orleans, Louisiana news)
- Chron.con (Houston, Texas news)
- Weather.com
- Topix.com
Hurricane Gustav Blogs
- Wunderground Blog
- Twitter search for “Hurricane Gustav”
- Google Blog Search for “Hurricane Gustav”
- Technorati search for “Hurricane Gustav”
- BlogPulse search for “Hurricane Gustav”
- HurricanePreparedness.org
- HurricaneTrack.com
Hurricane Gustav Blog Posts
- Wired on Gustav storm surge probabilities
- DailyWireless.org on U.S. wireless preparations for Gustav
Hurricane Gustav Resources
- Wikipedia Hurricane Gustav page
- OneStorm.org Hurricane Preparation
- Hurricane Gustav Resources
