Category: UDC Disaster Mgt course / Homeland Security Masters program

https://metro.co.uk/2026/05/29/uss-deadliest-volcano-can-destroy-towns-home-60-000-within-minutes-28566092/

Re Mt Ranier area and the increasing role of land use/transportation planning under the Mitigation  doctrine of disaster management

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-everyday-disasters-people.html

47 governments’ plans “‘… typically include early-warning systems, coordination between health and social authorities, and public messaging urging people to stay cool…”‘

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-electrical-pathways-reveal-clues-earth.html

“‘…a three-dimensional map tracing how electrical currents flow through underground rocks, fluids, and ancient geological formations, uncovering hidden pathways and structures that shape North America from below.”‘

https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-orleans-evacuation

I lived /worked there in the 80s while getting my grad degree.   Twenty years later, I had to go back post-Katrina for the GAO.

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-coastal-cities-america-front-line.html

For your consideration…

File under: risk analysis [threat/ vulnerability/ Consequences]

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-wasnt-hidden-japan-tsunami.html

“”This evidence shows that a highly cohesive flow with a dense debritic head formed in the mid-shore region, transforming from an initially turbulent flow through the entrainment of cohesive material,” wrote the study authors in their paper.””

https://grist.org/economics/trump-administration-climate-economy-government-budget/

The “conservatives'” antiquated zero-sum logic – including misinformation– skew towards private sector profits over social costs.

As always,  I recommend we drop measurements like GDP and replace it with a cost/benefits analysis that calculates net common good

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260323-the-ai-that-warns-people-about-landslides-and-avalanches?ocid=global_future_rss

https://towardsdatascience.com/the-causal-inference-playbook-advanced-methods-every-data-scientist-should-master/

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-pathway-high-safe-climate-gdp.html

“”… existing studies show that post-growth principles can be highly transformative even when applied individually. For example, we know that basic needs could be satisfied universally using less than half of the energy and materials currently consumed globally,”