Category Archives: Hazards

LESSONS FROM A BUILDING COLLAPSE: WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE?

In the early morning of June 24, 2021, many of us in Southeast Florida and in the rest of the country waked-up to the news of a tragic partial building collapse in Surfside. A young boy was rescued alive from … Continue reading

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MITIGATION VS ADAPTATION: IT IS ALL ABOUT TIME SCALES!

There is a tendency within certain sectors to come up with terms that describe given areas of action without carefully or fully defining them. With time and use some of these terms are adopted by others for their own discourse, … Continue reading

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