mtthwhgn
@mtthwhgn.bsky.social
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20 years in Emergency Management
I started my career in emergency planning twenty years ago this week. I don’t keep a diary, but I remember the exact day because it coincided with what remains the costliest tornado in UK history. …
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August 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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“𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀” featuring a chapter I was honoured (and a bit daunted) to contribute 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
“𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀” featuring a chapter I was honoured (and a bit daunted) to contribute 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Queering Disasters, Climate Change and Humanitarian Crises
This edited book investigates how disaster-related experiences and needs of LGBTIQA+ people differ across national, cultural, and regional boundaries.
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July 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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“𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀” featuring a chapter I was honoured (and a bit daunted) to contribute 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
“𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀” featuring a chapter I was honoured (and a bit daunted) to contribute 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Feels like we’re gonna hear a lot about ‘COBRA’ again…so how about a little explainer 🧵
June 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Feels like we’re gonna hear a lot about ‘COBRA’ again…so how about a little explainer 🧵
Spent the afternoon with my team creating kintsugi masterpieces, and talking about resilience, patience and perfection
June 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Spent the afternoon with my team creating kintsugi masterpieces, and talking about resilience, patience and perfection
Talking about crisis response assumptions (I.e. dispelling the panic myth), @profbrookerogers.bsky.social says “Hollywood has a lot to answer for!”
May 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Talking about crisis response assumptions (I.e. dispelling the panic myth), @profbrookerogers.bsky.social says “Hollywood has a lot to answer for!”
Pigeons, acronyms and ‘what is an emergency planner anyway’ @lucygobag.bsky.social with Michael Rosen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Disaster Dialogue
Professor Lucy Easthope explains why language is important in the aftermath of a disaster.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Pigeons, acronyms and ‘what is an emergency planner anyway’ @lucygobag.bsky.social with Michael Rosen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Interval post: I’ve been transported to 1997 for #KyotoPlay. This show is sensational - if you’re in London, don’t miss it!
February 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Interval post: I’ve been transported to 1997 for #KyotoPlay. This show is sensational - if you’re in London, don’t miss it!
An upbeat Monday morning listen: Graves & Memorial Benches on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Thinking Allowed - The Grave - Memorial Benches - BBC Sounds
Laurie Taylor explores the origins of the grave and the meaning of memorial benches.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
An upbeat Monday morning listen: Graves & Memorial Benches on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It can feel like lessons aren’t learned, but perhaps learning occurs outside of the emergency management domain?
This article about The Station fire, 22 years ago today, talks to that. www.firerescue1.com/firefighting...
This article about The Station fire, 22 years ago today, talks to that. www.firerescue1.com/firefighting...
Station Nightclub fire: Lessons, code changes follow tragedy
The 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island was the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history
www.firerescue1.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It can feel like lessons aren’t learned, but perhaps learning occurs outside of the emergency management domain?
This article about The Station fire, 22 years ago today, talks to that. www.firerescue1.com/firefighting...
This article about The Station fire, 22 years ago today, talks to that. www.firerescue1.com/firefighting...
“There’s something about soup that makes it good for emergencies…”
An interesting episode! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
An interesting episode! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Essay - New Generation Thinkers - A Social History of Soup - BBC Sounds
Tom Scott-Smith uses four recipes to track social reforms and changes in what we value.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
“There’s something about soup that makes it good for emergencies…”
An interesting episode! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
An interesting episode! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What comes after disaster? Memories by Paul Goldberger explores some of the aspects. www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
Memories
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February 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
What comes after disaster? Memories by Paul Goldberger explores some of the aspects. www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
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Are we sure we’re not trapped in a disaster movie where no one listens to the scientists until it’s too late?
February 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Are we sure we’re not trapped in a disaster movie where no one listens to the scientists until it’s too late?
Back from #September5movie - so relevant in an age of 24/7 news to explore journalistic ethics and the line between public interest/exploitation
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Back from #September5movie - so relevant in an age of 24/7 news to explore journalistic ethics and the line between public interest/exploitation
Why does it seem so difficult to learn lessons after a disaster?
Join this webinar on 13 Feb to hear my thoughts. emergencyservicestimes.com/events/how-t...
Join this webinar on 13 Feb to hear my thoughts. emergencyservicestimes.com/events/how-t...
emergencyservicestimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Why does it seem so difficult to learn lessons after a disaster?
Join this webinar on 13 Feb to hear my thoughts. emergencyservicestimes.com/events/how-t...
Join this webinar on 13 Feb to hear my thoughts. emergencyservicestimes.com/events/how-t...
"If you put it over Paris or London or New York, you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs," www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ast...
A "city-killer" asteroid has a slim chance to crash into Earth. Here's what to know.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
www.cbsnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
"If you put it over Paris or London or New York, you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs," www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ast...
A Shrigley for the times we’re in
February 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A Shrigley for the times we’re in
“There’s often a desire to move on, if government…decides it wants to turn its face away, it’s difficult to maintain an interest” Tim Newburn
PODCAST: What is the legacy of the 2011 riots? Imran Perretta for Somerset House
channel.somersethouse.org.uk/podcasts/pro...
PODCAST: What is the legacy of the 2011 riots? Imran Perretta for Somerset House
channel.somersethouse.org.uk/podcasts/pro...
What is the legacy of the 2011 riots?
Imran Perretta explores what one site in Croydon tells us about the biggest moment of civil unrest in Britain in a generation.
channel.somersethouse.org.uk
February 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“There’s often a desire to move on, if government…decides it wants to turn its face away, it’s difficult to maintain an interest” Tim Newburn
PODCAST: What is the legacy of the 2011 riots? Imran Perretta for Somerset House
channel.somersethouse.org.uk/podcasts/pro...
PODCAST: What is the legacy of the 2011 riots? Imran Perretta for Somerset House
channel.somersethouse.org.uk/podcasts/pro...
What role does leadership have in crisis? Fascinating thoughts on the Emergency Services Times podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/6gbK...
4. Rethinking emergency teams
For Every Response · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What role does leadership have in crisis? Fascinating thoughts on the Emergency Services Times podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/6gbK...
Inviting people to consider ‘risk’ was a great jumping off point for conversations about career options and the skills employers look for in #EmergencyManagement @uclrdr.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Inviting people to consider ‘risk’ was a great jumping off point for conversations about career options and the skills employers look for in #EmergencyManagement @uclrdr.bsky.social
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"We’re all stronger when our community thrives, and more people who weren’t burned out means fewer people who have to start over. Their wins are our wins. Life isn’t The Apprentice."
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Eaton Fire #5: Hard Lessons
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January 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"We’re all stronger when our community thrives, and more people who weren’t burned out means fewer people who have to start over. Their wins are our wins. Life isn’t The Apprentice."
themikerothschild.com/2025/01/22/e...
themikerothschild.com/2025/01/22/e...
This is powerful and painful.
#EmergencyManagement is magnificent and needed, but little understood, sometimes even from the inside.
#EmergencyManagement is magnificent and needed, but little understood, sometimes even from the inside.
Started thinking through #emergencymanagement and its professionalization for obvious reasons
First blog on it:
Emergency Management in the Age of Destruction or the Consequences of Not Treating Politics as an Essential Part of Mitigation
nicklalone.com/2025/01/25/d...
Draft so far, will change.
First blog on it:
Emergency Management in the Age of Destruction or the Consequences of Not Treating Politics as an Essential Part of Mitigation
nicklalone.com/2025/01/25/d...
Draft so far, will change.
Emergency Management in the Age of Destruction or the Consequences of Not Treating Politics as an Essential Part of Mitigation
For a number of years, I was a student of Sociology working on all the political hot button topics relevant to the current moment: white nationalism, white supremacy, cloaked websites (later becoming ...
nicklalone.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is powerful and painful.
#EmergencyManagement is magnificent and needed, but little understood, sometimes even from the inside.
#EmergencyManagement is magnificent and needed, but little understood, sometimes even from the inside.