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Wed, 2011-05-11 08:01 — mdmcdonald
The Communication Working Group is focused on communication improving health and human security status in the U.S.

The mission of the Communication working group is to optimize the health, human security, resilience, and sustainability of Americans and their communities of interest globally. 

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How to Weather a Hurricane

Sat, 2012-09-01 21:20 — Kathy Gilbeaux

The New York Times - by Daniel P. Aldrich - August 28, 2012

HURRICANE Isaac, which made landfall in Louisiana last night, has not only disrupted the Republican National Convention but also brought back painful memories of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast seven years ago this week.

. . . As a political scientist (I taught at Tulane at the time), I decided to study how communities respond to natural disasters. I’ve concluded that the density and strength of social networks are the most important variables — not wealth, education or culture — in determining their resilience in the face of catastrophe.

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Nokia Knows Where You'll Be 24 Hours From Now

Sat, 2012-08-18 15:16 — Kathy Gilbeaux

wirelessdesignmag.com - businessinsider.com
- by Geoffrey Ingersoll - August 13, 2012

Not only does your phone know where you are, but it knows where you are going to be. It may even know why you're going there.

He calls it the "Interdependence and Predictability of Human Mobility and Social Interactions," but the algorithm researcher Mirco Musolesi and his team recently tested in the UK stirs up thoughts reminiscent of Phillip K. Dick's Minority Report, and all the moral trappings that come with it.

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Mirco Musolesi - Interdependence and Predictability of Human Mobility and Social Interactions (6 page .PDF file)
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~musolesm/papers/mdc12.pdf

Friday’s Storms Raise Questions About Safety of Cloud Computing

Tue, 2012-07-03 22:19 — Kathy Gilbeaux

 

      

The Goldberg family, from left, Oren, Elliette, Hannah, Laurel and their dog, Sophie, wait for Pepco to inspect the power lines outside their Verplanck Place NW home in Washington. A massive tree punctured the house when it fell during the June 29 storm. Several power lines snapped, littering the front lawn. A few are still intact, stretched close to the ground beneath the tree. "Before anything happens, they have to get here. It's not safe," Laurel Goldberg said.
Daniel C. Britt / The Washington Post - July 1, 2012

The Washington Post - by Craig Timberg - July 2, 2012

Storm-related outages at an Amazon data center in Ashburn prompted some congressional officials on Monday to question whether the federal government is moving too swiftly to put important data on private-sector cloud computing servers.

Social Networks Essential to Rebuilding from Western Wildfires, Other Disasters

Thu, 2012-06-21 18:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Homeland Security News Wire - June 21, 2012

A disaster recovery expert says that the relationships people have with their neighbors are invaluable in the recovery from natural disasters from the moment an evacuation issue notice is granted to living in shelters and to how a community rebuilds after a wildfire, flooding, or hurricane

How well residents evicted by Western wildfires know their neighbors will likely play a major role in how they cope and rebuild, says a Purdue University expert.

“The relationships people have with their neighbors are invaluable in the recovery from natural disasters from the moment an evacuation issue notice is granted to living in shelters and to how a community rebuilds after a wildfire, flooding or hurricane,” says Daniel Aldrich, an associate professor of political science who studies how people recover from natural disasters. “Supporting these social networks is just as important as the logistical planning of surviving and taking shelter from a natural disaster. My research shows that people who know their neighbors are more likely to survive and return to their communities to rebuild.”

Using Twitter to Share Information After a Disaster

Thu, 2012-05-24 23:36 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

Homeland Security News Wire - May 23, 2012

A study from North Carolina State University shows how people used Twitter following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, highlighting challenges for using the social media tool to share information. The study also indicates that social media have not changed what we communicate so much as how quickly we can disseminate it.

“I wanted to see if Twitter was an effective tool for sharing meaningful information about nuclear risk in the wake of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant,” says Dr. Andrew Binder, an assistant professor of communication at NC State and author of a paper describing the work. “I knew people would be sharing information, but I wanted to see whether it was anecdotal or substantive, and whether users were providing analysis and placing information in context.

“In the bigger picture, I wanted to see whether social media is changing the way we communicate, or if we are communicating the same way using different tools.”

Researchers Use GPS Data to Speed Up Tsunami Warnings

Sun, 2012-05-06 23:25 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

In this Jan. 2, 2005 file photo, a wide area of destruction is shown from an aerial view taken over Meulaboh, 250 kilometers (156 Miles) west of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Researchers in the United States are hoping to use GPS data to speed up current warnings. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

U.S. seismologists currently testing new warning system

by Andrew Pinsent - CBC News - May 5, 2012

Scientists in the United States have been testing an advanced tsunami warning system using GPS data, combined with traditional seismology networks, to attempt to detect the magnitude of an earthquake faster so warnings of potential tsunamis can get out to potentially affected areas sooner.

The prototype is called California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN), and is a collaboration between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, whose focus is on environmental conservation.

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The City as Lab: 21 Metropoles Prepare to Prototype

Sat, 2012-05-05 23:15 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Living Labs Global co-founder Sascha Haselmayer addresses the crowd in Rio de Janeiro

submitted by Albert Gomez

good.is - by Zak Stone - May 4, 2012

In a megapolis like Mexico City, any planning initiative that moves citizens from cars to busses will pay off in reductions to traffic and air pollution. A major deterrent to using public transportation in the city? Comfort, according to Dr. Julio Mendoza, director of Mexico City's Institute of Science and Technology. Many would rather drive than experience that particular breed of public transportation-pegged anxiety: waiting helplessly on the street corner for a bus that feels like it won't ever arrive.

After participating in the Living Labs Global Award program, a competition designed to help cities solve planning challenges, the Mexican capital may have found a fix. In February, Mexico City and 20 other LLGA participants around the world put out an open call to companies to pitch solutions to important but fixable problems.

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Volunteers Creating Change: 6th Annual Disaster Volunteer Conference - May 1, 2012

Sat, 2012-04-28 18:20 — Kathy Gilbeaux

On Tuesday, May 1, at  one of New York City's premier auditoriums, Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in lower Manhattan, the NYC Citizen Corps Council will be hosting the 6th annual Disaster Volunteer Conference, Volunteers Creating Change.  Enjoy the exhibits, dinner provided by The Salvation Army Greater New York Division, and an educational conference with fellow volunteers.  The conference’s distinguished speakers will include a welcome address by Joseph F. Bruno (Commissioner – NYC Office of Emergency Management), a keynote address by Jeff Parness (Founder and Executive Director – New York Says Thank You Foundation), followed by a panel discussion moderated by Herman Schaffer, MSW (Director, Community Outreach – NYC Office of Emergency Management) with a growing list of panelists, including Gary Bagley (Executive Director – New York Cares) and Sara Farmer (Data Humanitarian – Standy-by Task force, Crisismappers Network, and Ushahidi Community).  For additional information and to register, visit www.NYC.gov/citizencorps.

Exercise 24: Using Social Media for Crisis Response

Sun, 2012-03-25 14:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

      

worldfinancialreview.com - By George H. Bressler, Murray E. Jennex & Eric G. Frost

“Can populations self-organize a crisis response? This is a field report on the first two efforts in a continuing series of exercises termed Exercise 24 or X24. These exercises attempted to demonstrate that self-organizing groups can form and respond to a crisis using low-cost social media and other emerging web technologies.”

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