Above Average Hurricane Season & Winter The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its latest advisory in July that an El Nino Winter could have severe impacts. Not only did they predict with 90% certainty that the above-average sea-surface temperatures that periodically develop across the east-central equatorial Pacific could impact the winter season but
Train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio After the recent train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, many of you are likely considering how to provide employee support after a hazardous event. Hazardous events potentially threaten people, the environment, or property. These events can take many forms, ranging from natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, hurricanes,
News you can use My thoughts on the NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather And Climate Disasters annual report. To provide news, you can use the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) report released in early January 2023. The report said that eighteen disasters topped $1 billion in cost ranging from Winter Storm Elliot (Buffalo, NY) to the
I was interviewed by the BCI in August 2022 Recently, the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) interviewed me about The Role of Business Continuity Managers in Climate Risk. They provided me with an opportunity to speak about the evolving role of Business Continuity (BC) professionals as it relates to environmental management and sustainability. The BCI’s Extreme
May you live in interesting times Living through a climate of change and why resilience matters is the subject of my latest blog. May you live in interesting times is an English expression often misrepresented as a Chinese curse. Attributed to Sir Austen Chamberlain, his quote was: “It is not so long ago that a
