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By Chuck Frank / chuck@theklaxon.com / 04.25.2010
A system of violent thunderstorms left a trail of devastation across Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia Saturday. The storm system spawned several tornadoes, the worst of which killed 10 people in Mississippi and clobbered Yazoo City. The tornado left a path of destruction nearly a mile wide that covered several counties. — More
By Joseph L. Giacalone / joe@theklaxon.com / 12.07.2009
[Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series focusing on Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” and the four phases of emergency management. The second part, covering response and recovery, will publish Thursday, Dec. 10.]
The “Art of War” by Sun Tzu has been used over the centuries to teach everything from warfare to marketing and selling products. Emergency Management is no different. From fires to terrorism, the “Art of War” contains strategies that emergency managers (EM) can adopt and put into practice. — More
By Chuck Frank / chuck@theklaxon.com / 12.03.2009
Talk about taking the subway one stop too many.
The New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority has released a report by MTA Inspector General Barry L. Kluger that shows the agency isn’t prepared to handle subway emergencies.
The report reviews the events of a 2006 fire during evening rush hour that caused two trains to stop in a tunnel near DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y., one of the city’s five boroughs. — More
By Joshua Wilwohl / josh@theklaxon.com / 12.01.2009
There’s no telling what Major Nadal Malik Hasan was thinking when he shot dead 13 and injured more than 30, Nov. 5, in Fort Hood, Texas, according to world-renowned forensic criminologist Brent Turvey. Military experts and psychologists have said Hasan showed warning signs, but not enough to launch an intensive investigation. In a report by Scott Moran, program director of National Capital Consortium Psychiatry Residency Training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and obtained by National Public Radio in mid-November, he said, “Faculty has serious concerns about CPT Hasan’s professionalism and work ethic…he demonstrates a pattern of poor judgement and a lack of professionalism.”
