Run for Your Lives, Please.
Just did my first webinar of all time. I am still not sure how to explain what a webinar actually is, but I have to say, it was surprisingly pleasant. Basically, myself and two emergency managers California and Florida chatted with about 250 people about how to craft warnings (from hurricanes to wildfires to swine flu) that people will actually listen to.
Thanks to Governing Magazine for inviting me and to Visa Public Sector for sponsoring the show. I learned a lot from the listeners and my fellow panelists--Ron Lane, Emergency Services Director in San Diego County, CA, and Pete McNally, Emergency Management Director, Polk County, FL.
To hear the audio of the webinar, go here. (It’s possible I called Joe Biden a “yahoo,” but I said it with affection.)
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R4 firmware said on July 04, 2009 at 6:47 am
Despite the predictions, people did not seem to be packing up their cars and fleeing the island in droves. Then a forecaster in the local National Weather Service office issued a warning that had been used only once before — just before Hurricane Katrina made landfall. “Persons not heeding evacuation orders,” the statement said, “will face certain death.”