Dr. Samantha Montano
@samlmontano.bsky.social
Working on disaster justice & the climate crisis. Emergency Management PhD. Author of 📚DISASTEROLOGY 📚 she/her
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Book: www.disaster-ology.com
Instagram: @samlmontano
Substack: disasterology.substack.com
TikTok: @samlmontano
Book: www.disaster-ology.com
Instagram: @samlmontano
Substack: disasterology.substack.com
TikTok: @samlmontano
Doing an end of semester reflection with my intro to emergency management students and I ask about memorable disasters they read about…
Student: Love Island
Me: Love CANAL
Time for the semester to end, kids!
Student: Love Island
Me: Love CANAL
Time for the semester to end, kids!
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Doing an end of semester reflection with my intro to emergency management students and I ask about memorable disasters they read about…
Student: Love Island
Me: Love CANAL
Time for the semester to end, kids!
Student: Love Island
Me: Love CANAL
Time for the semester to end, kids!
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Re-upping that the State of Florida is practicing Abu Ghraib-style torture on people
Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Re-upping that the State of Florida is practicing Abu Ghraib-style torture on people
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This is a fantastic read on the Florida Division of Emergency Management's role in the human rights disaster — and what it means for the emergency management field — from an EM expert.
It's from September, and we've since gotten more answers about the camp, but still very much worth your time.
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It's from September, and we've since gotten more answers about the camp, but still very much worth your time.
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This month’s newsletter is about the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s role in building and operating the Everglades Concentration Camp and the responsibility the rest of us in emergency management have to hold Kevin Guthrie and FDEM accountable.
disasterology.substack.com/p/disasterol...
disasterology.substack.com/p/disasterol...
Disasterology: September 2025
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).
disasterology.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is a fantastic read on the Florida Division of Emergency Management's role in the human rights disaster — and what it means for the emergency management field — from an EM expert.
It's from September, and we've since gotten more answers about the camp, but still very much worth your time.
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It's from September, and we've since gotten more answers about the camp, but still very much worth your time.
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In tracking contracts for the Everglades camp, it's been deeply unsettling to see the names of all the emergency management professionals and companies involved.
A system meant to help folks through the worst days of their lives pivoted to instead orchestrate the worst days of people's lives.
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A system meant to help folks through the worst days of their lives pivoted to instead orchestrate the worst days of people's lives.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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This is so brazenly another attempt to force women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is so brazenly another attempt to force women out of the workforce.
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A society banning scholarship and creating government-mandated youth organizations
New: Gov. Greg Abbott and Turning Point USA are launching a partnership to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every Texas high school campus.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A society banning scholarship and creating government-mandated youth organizations
It seems my reputation for always knowing the emergency management gossip is leading to a lot of people asking if I've seen the report, and I have not!!
Frankly, I don't want to see it. Don't send it to me. I don't want to know!! Let me live in ignorance!! Please.
Frankly, I don't want to see it. Don't send it to me. I don't want to know!! Let me live in ignorance!! Please.
Happy FEMA Review Council Report Week to all who celebrate.
December 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It seems my reputation for always knowing the emergency management gossip is leading to a lot of people asking if I've seen the report, and I have not!!
Frankly, I don't want to see it. Don't send it to me. I don't want to know!! Let me live in ignorance!! Please.
Frankly, I don't want to see it. Don't send it to me. I don't want to know!! Let me live in ignorance!! Please.
Happy FEMA Review Council Report Week to all who celebrate.
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Happy FEMA Review Council Report Week to all who celebrate.
Writing a like 100,000 word take down on AI from an emergency management perspective is high on my to do list for 2026, don’t worry. I’m breathing fire.
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Writing a like 100,000 word take down on AI from an emergency management perspective is high on my to do list for 2026, don’t worry. I’m breathing fire.
I really try to mind my own business, but there is no way this Justin Trudeau/ Katy Perry thing doesn't end in complete disaster.
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I really try to mind my own business, but there is no way this Justin Trudeau/ Katy Perry thing doesn't end in complete disaster.
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
A primary purpose of Disaster Films is to provide an opportunity for us to safely explore our collective anxieties together, but now more and more, we are expected to process our collective anxieties alone.
Seems bad?
Seems bad?
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
A primary purpose of Disaster Films is to provide an opportunity for us to safely explore our collective anxieties together, but now more and more, we are expected to process our collective anxieties alone.
Seems bad?
Seems bad?
Easy! Herbert Hoover.
That’s a new dinner party conversation: Who is someone that you hate so much that, if given the time, energy, and crew, you’d produce a 4-part documentary on them?
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Easy! Herbert Hoover.
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Can ANY of us be happy to read anything like what we are reading in this report?
This is happening in the United States, the entire world is watching.
This is happening in the United States, the entire world is watching.
Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
December 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Can ANY of us be happy to read anything like what we are reading in this report?
This is happening in the United States, the entire world is watching.
This is happening in the United States, the entire world is watching.
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These people should never work in emergency management again. Ever.
Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
December 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
These people should never work in emergency management again. Ever.
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The US has always been deeply imperfect, but this Amnesty International report is sickening
Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The US has always been deeply imperfect, but this Amnesty International report is sickening
Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
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Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
Another year of my students overwhelmingly selecting Patriots Day as their disaster movie of choice for their extra credit assignment. Cheered when I found the student who went with Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Another year of my students overwhelmingly selecting Patriots Day as their disaster movie of choice for their extra credit assignment. Cheered when I found the student who went with Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.
fuckkkkkkkkk
so it begins
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
fuckkkkkkkkk
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"I usually don't but I asked chatg-" shut up! shut upshutup shut up
Just Shut tf Up
I don't give a shit
SHUT
UP
Just Shut tf Up
I don't give a shit
SHUT
UP
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"I usually don't but I asked chatg-" shut up! shut upshutup shut up
Just Shut tf Up
I don't give a shit
SHUT
UP
Just Shut tf Up
I don't give a shit
SHUT
UP
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Stop appearing on far-right propaganda networks. Stop posting on their trash sites. Stop sitting on panels with them. Stop being friends with them. Don't shake their hands. Don't try to meet them halfway. Don't gotta hand it to them. Ever. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Stop appearing on far-right propaganda networks. Stop posting on their trash sites. Stop sitting on panels with them. Stop being friends with them. Don't shake their hands. Don't try to meet them halfway. Don't gotta hand it to them. Ever. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Finally got around to watching House of Dynamite and I screamed at that damn challenge coin hand off. Lmao. Please.
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Finally got around to watching House of Dynamite and I screamed at that damn challenge coin hand off. Lmao. Please.
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The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
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South Rim hotels at the Grand Canyon are closing indefinitely due to water supply issues post-Dragon Bravo Fire. There is a series of significant breaks in the main waterline, and currently, no water is being pumped to the South Rim. www.wmur.com/article/gran...
All hotels on Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim to close indefinitely
The closures come on the heels of the devastating Dragon Bravo Fire on the park's North Rim, which destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, the visitor center, a wastewater treatment plant and more ...
www.wmur.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
South Rim hotels at the Grand Canyon are closing indefinitely due to water supply issues post-Dragon Bravo Fire. There is a series of significant breaks in the main waterline, and currently, no water is being pumped to the South Rim. www.wmur.com/article/gran...