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#disasterplanning — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #disasterplanning, aggregated by home.social.

  1. R-Bloggers: EM-DAT, the world’s disaster memory, is at risk. “EM-DAT, the Emergency Events Database, is the world’s most widely used and trusted global database for tracking natural and technological disasters…. For more than 25 years, EM-DAT was primarily funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Following the recent dismantling of USAID, that funding is […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/12/r-bloggers-em-dat-the-worlds-disaster-memory-is-at-risk/
  2. I have a question at the intersection of household scale #electrification and #disasterplanning. It has to do with battery storage and the internet. #climate

  3. University of Kentucky: Saving the ‘soul of a community’: UK Land-grant Engagement program preserves arts, culture through disaster preparedness. “Through a groundbreaking initiative led by the University of Kentucky, arts preparedness is emerging as a pillar of land-grant engagement. This collaborative effort unites Kentucky Community Arts Extension, part of the University of Kentucky […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/21/saving-the-soul-of-a-community-uk-land-grant-engagement-program-preserves-arts-culture-through-disaster-preparedness-university-of-kentucky/

  4. Today I had a lot of fun running a practical #salvage day for GLAMs in #Wales: we had a great time talking about #DisasterPlanning and how to best deal with #collections when they get soggy. 🪣

    One of my favs from the salvage buckets were these handwritten pages of training notes from someone: the blue ink was running everywhere and staining everything in its path. Beautiful! Horrific!

    I'll be doing another in Bangor soon, so if you missed this one and you're in Wales you should get in touch!

  5. Are US #FDIC #savings really safe under a #Trump presidency? This question has been nagging at me for the last week.

    Also where is it actually safe other than under our mattress, to keep #money?

    Are we being too paranoid?

    #Finance #DisasterPlanning

  6. Have you heard about GeoAI4Water 2?

    🚰Developed under the lead of Dr. Sukanya Randhawa, GeoAI4Water 2 applies #deeplearning to detect critical infrastructure for #disasterplanning

    🔎Read everything about the project and the application of GeoAI4Water here:
    heigit.org/geoai4water-2-appli

  7. My electricity provider has told me to expect a 4hr outage on Tuesday. It's going to be 34c with a heat index of 43c, so Hot! Sounds like a good day to test out our #residentialSolar and #batteryBackup system powering two portable AC units as well as the fridge and other essential things.
    #solarPunk #disasterPlanning

  8. My electricity provider has told me to expect a 4hr outage on Tuesday. It's going to be 34c with a heat index of 43c, so Hot! Sounds like a good day to test out our and system powering two portable AC units as well as the fridge and other essential things.

  9. Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded - Enlarge / If this road is your only route to the outside world, it migh... - arstechnica.com/?p=1926888 #disasterplanning #climatechange #earthscience #sealevelrise #science #risks

  10. Hey #library, #archives, #culturalHeritage friends

    I’m prepping a #class on #preservation (primary physical material, digital mater is another class)

    I’ve got a good start, but would love to hear what you think. Any recent work to recommend on:

    - #disasterPlanning,
    - #security,
    - preservation #policies,
    - #managing a preservation program,
    - preservation #grantWriting,
    - #ethical considerations around preservation?

  11. Last winter was my first one planning for year-round California fire season as a disabled person. This winter is my first one planning for massive flooding in California as a disabled person.

    Just saying.

    #Disabled #Disaster #DisasterPlanning #California #wheelchair #climatecatastrophe

  12. Amazing thread containing a list of hypothetical scenarios that threaten the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks, from a sysadmin with real-world experience.

    threadreaderapp.com/thread/159

    #tech #technology #data #security #privacy #code #disasterPlanning #disasterRecovery