on The globe is warming up, ice caps are still melting, diseases are spreading, pollution is polluting, and the weather is more extreme every year. Jinkies! So what is a simple human to do? How can we prepare and make it through the next disaster? And the one after that? And the one after that? In… Continue Reading Episode 002 – Prepare to… be prepared!
on Planning & Escapes Action: Talk to your kids about disasters and emergencies (1, 2, 3). Start a preparedness conversation with the people in your life. Connect with your local emergency management agency. Make a plan – individual, family/household, neighborhood, community, workplace. And remember, not everyone has the capacity to plan and prepared beforehand, so find a local food bank to use or donate to… Continue Reading Notes: Week Of 5/04/20
on If there is anything that is permeating the national conversation wholly and completely as of late, it’s a bunch of numbers and percentages tossed like spaghetti at a wall hoping something might stick. And a lot of those same numbers and percentages are freaking a lot of people out. So let’s get into what all… Continue Reading Numbers are hard, yo
on “The Corona Virus has swept our globe, changed our way of life, and forced us to look at what we’re willing to sacrifice for our own safety, and for each other. But is going the distance on social distancing worth it? How bad could it really get if we throw caution to the wind and… Continue Reading Episode 001 – Visualizing The Consequences
on Who wants to listen to news anchors spout off a bunch of percentages and rates of change without any context? No one. No one wants that. Communication about numbers has been a struggle during this crisis, and it has not exactly gotten better over time. If there are any cardinal rules in communicating during a… Continue Reading Panic & Percentages
on Panic & Percentages Action: Find a local food bank to use or donate to depending on your circumstances, and help out our undocumented (1, 2), indigenous (1, 2), and trans friends through mutual aid programs as they face the virus with fewer resources and less government support than they should have to. Follow the CDC guidelines (wash your hands, wear a mask in… Continue Reading Notes: Week of 4/27/20
on Disaster declaration, state of emergency, public health crisis. It’s a big ol’ mess. Between all the legal acts, the paperwork, the bureaucracy, it’s tough to unravel how exactly US disaster response works. Government officials and public personalities are talking about declarations and executive orders and the like as if everyone is supposed to actually know… Continue Reading Disasters, Emergencies, Public Health, Oh My!
on We finished it! The Globally Heated Podcast trailer is here and ready for y’all’s ears (we hope)! Check it out on our podcast page now! And get excited about our first full episode next week, 04/30/20! We’ll walk you through what some of the most important rates and percentages surrounding COVID-19 mean on an individual… Continue Reading It’s here, folks!
on We are Globally Heated. The planet is warming. Tempers are flaring. There is so much going on in the world that it can be hard to get past the headlines, hyperbole, and sound bytes. It can be even harder to get into the nuances, complex facts, and extraordinarily-important-yet-overlooked crunchy nougat centers of disaster, climate, social… Continue Reading Trailer – Globally Heated Coming Soon!
on Alex and I have been embroiled in the disaster field for over a decade now. Between volunteering, training, work, and education, we have dedicated a lot of time and effort to the subject of disaster preparedness. We honestly thought we were prepared to deal with pretty much anything. Both of us struggle with just how… Continue Reading Beginning to Live That COVID-19 Life