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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Hurricane Maria?
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Hurricane Maria? To kick off the show today, we have our disaster weather expert Kyle Nelson (@WxKyleNelson) to talk about the weather update. Hurricane Maria hit the island of Dominica after going from a category 1 storm to a category 5 in just fifteen hours.
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Hurricane Harvey Rebuilding and Recovery
In this episode, we look at the weather remnants of Hurricane Irma and the final tally of flooding and wind damage across the southeastern United States. We then pivot and return to Texas to look at the recovery and rebuilding efforts from Hurricane Harvey.
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Hurricane Irma Federal Search and Rescue Efforts
In this special follow-up episode on the Federal response to Hurricane Irma in Florida and the southeastern U.S. and Caribbean Islands. We have Dr. Joe Holley on in his role on the Federal IST (Incident Support Team) and Sam Bradley with her JPATS deployment.
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Hurricane Irma Response Update from Teams Enroute to the Aftermath
In this special episode, we have Dr. Joe Holley on to talk about the deployments and outlook on the ground from the incident support team (IST) inbound to southern Florida on Sunday afternoon (9/10). Also on the show is Kyle Nelson our disaster weather expert with an update the progress of Hurricane Irma as it tracks up the west coast of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico.
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Last Hurricane Irma Disaster Team Preparations Update
As Hurricane Irma bears down on the south Florida coast, key members of the disaster podcast team are readying to deploy or already deployed for response in Florida and possibly in the U.S. Virgin Islands. We check in with Sam Bradley as she prepares to deploy for the Irma response and hear about Dr. Joe Holley deploying with the IST (Incident Support Team) north of Florida.
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Return From Harvey and Prep for Hurricane Irma
In this special mega double episode, we bring you a look at Harvey from our demobilized Federal team members, Dr. Joe Holley (from our sponsors Paragon Medical Education Group) and Sam Bradley. Then we talk about about what is to come as both podcast regulars prepare to head back out the door to get ready for the response to Hurricane Irma.
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Social Media and the Response To Hurricane Harvey
In this special episode of the Disaster Podcast, we have a focus on how social media impacted response to this disaster. Plus we have more reporting from the field in Texas in Hurricane Harvey's aftermath.
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Hurricane Harvey Response and Aftermath – Part 1
Welcome to the first of a series of special Hurricane Harvey episodes here on the Disaster Podcast. For this historic disaster event, we have several team members who are hosts and regular guests on the show deploying with federal and state disaster assets to the Houston area.
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Incident Support Teams with Dr. Richard Bradley Part 2
In part two of this two-part episode, Dr. Richard Bradley shares some of the special needs for extended incidents like Katrina or the Oso, Washington mudslide incident. He talks about the needs for things like food for responders and safe food storage in a disaster setting.
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Incident Support Teams with Dr. Richard Bradley Part 1
We are also joined by Dr. Richard Bradley from Texas Task Force One, one of the Federal Urban Search and Rescue Teams (USAR) spread around the country. There are 28 federal USAR teams around in the U.S. Above the USAR teams are three Incident Support Teams (IST) that provide overarching coordination and support between the federal teams and state and local resources.
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