contact:

Scott Reuter

1309 Jerome Avenue

Astoria, Oregon 97103

home phone: 503-325-2273

mobile: 503-791-0802

email: scottreuter@mac.com

website: https://thinkdisaster.com/

twitter: @sct_r

amateur radio call sign: KE7QQR

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Links to interesting papers:

Paper: Earthquake Securing of Museum Objects - S. Reuter (PDF)

Paper: Trial by Fire: The Deployment of Trusted Digital Volunteers in the 2011 Shadow Lake Fire by Lise Ann St. Denis, Leysia Palen & Amanda L. Hughes of U.C. Colorado at Boulder (PDF)

Links to some of the organizations I work with:

National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC)

Oregon Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (OR VOAD)

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)

The Clatsop County Long-Term Disaster Recovery Committee (CCLTDRC)

The Astoria Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

The Oregon Trail Chapter, American Red Cross

National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

definitions

Exerpts from the Oxford English Dictionary: (di'za:stǝ(r), ... 'a disaster, misfortune, calamitie, misadventure, hard chance,;... astre 'a starre, a Planet; also destinie, fate, fortune, hap'...
1. A unfavourable aspect of a star or a planet; 'an obnoxious planet'.
2. Anything that befalls of ruinous or distressing nature; a sudden or great misfortune, mishap, or misadventure; a calamity.

A somewhat more contemporary definition from Wikipedia: A disaster is the tragedy of a natural or man-made hazard (a hazard is a situation which poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment) that negatively affects society or environment. In contemporary academia, disasters are seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. These risks are the product of hazards and vulnerability.