New blog up on my author website, all about my new novel in progress, WAVES, featuring an #EmergencyManager, a #tsunami, and #SanFrancisco as main characters.
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New Wave | In my former "gig" as an emergency planner for the City and County of San Francisco, one of my assignments was to revise the City's Tsunami Annex to its Emergency Re
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December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New blog up on my author website, all about my new novel in progress, WAVES, featuring an #EmergencyManager, a #tsunami, and #SanFrancisco as main characters.
edieschaffer.com/blog
#EM #BookSky #WriterSky #Authors #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteLife #WriterLife
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#EM #BookSky #WriterSky #Authors #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteLife #WriterLife
As an #EmergencyManager who usually sat in the #PlanningSection in an #EmergencyOperationsCenter during #disasters, I’m used to working behind the scenes helping in ways that definitely are not “glorious.” But that’s what sustains the glorious work of field responders. #EM #EmergencyManagement
After 10 days on the Eaton Fire as a PIO earlier this month, I've been thinking a lot about how disasters will require us to show up in unexpected ways, and often in ways that don't feel especially glorious. I wrote a bit about this idea here: amandamonthei.substack.com/p/what-we-do...
What We Do In Disasters
Grappling with what showing up looks like.
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February 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As an #EmergencyManager who usually sat in the #PlanningSection in an #EmergencyOperationsCenter during #disasters, I’m used to working behind the scenes helping in ways that definitely are not “glorious.” But that’s what sustains the glorious work of field responders. #EM #EmergencyManagement
Even after #Texas floods, #SanFrancisco refuses to find the will and the $$$ to fix its defunct #OutdoorPublicWarningSystem sirens. As a former #SF #EmergencyManager, I hope the City rethinks this shortsighted decision.
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#SF #EM #greysky
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#SF #EM #greysky
Even after Texas floods, S.F. has no plans to fix its defunct tsunami warning sirens
Though the system has been defunct since 2019 and officials have discussed whether to fix or replace the sirens, Mayor Daniel Lurie did not include funding for it in his budget proposal.
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July 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Even after #Texas floods, #SanFrancisco refuses to find the will and the $$$ to fix its defunct #OutdoorPublicWarningSystem sirens. As a former #SF #EmergencyManager, I hope the City rethinks this shortsighted decision.
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#SF #EM #greysky
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#SF #EM #greysky
Is an #EmergencyManager ever really on holiday?
December 17, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Is an #EmergencyManager ever really on holiday?
Today Nevada became one of only 3-4 states with EM housed inside the governors office. When will more states step up?
#nevada #em #emergencymanagement #emergencymanager
#nevada #em #emergencymanagement #emergencymanager
July 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today Nevada became one of only 3-4 states with EM housed inside the governors office. When will more states step up?
#nevada #em #emergencymanagement #emergencymanager
#nevada #em #emergencymanagement #emergencymanager
Be sure to share your own stories about how and why #EMI, #CDP, or the other #FEMA #emergencymanagement training programs helped you become a stronger #emergencymanager.
#EM #greysky
#EM #greysky
March 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Be sure to share your own stories about how and why #EMI, #CDP, or the other #FEMA #emergencymanagement training programs helped you become a stronger #emergencymanager.
#EM #greysky
#EM #greysky
It is not clear whether #FEMA is also canceling #EmergencyManager training held in-person at #NETC in #Emmitsburg. If anyone has insight into that, please share. #EM #greysky #EmergencyManagement
March 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It is not clear whether #FEMA is also canceling #EmergencyManager training held in-person at #NETC in #Emmitsburg. If anyone has insight into that, please share. #EM #greysky #EmergencyManagement
How #Trump & #Noem “redeployed” #FEMA:
- Refused/Failed to name experienced #EmergencyManager as #FEMAAdministrator & obtain Senate approval.
- Induced loss of 20% of FEMA’s permanent, experienced staff.
- Refused to renew contracts for timely deployment of #SearchAndRescue resources to #TX.
- Refused/Failed to name experienced #EmergencyManager as #FEMAAdministrator & obtain Senate approval.
- Induced loss of 20% of FEMA’s permanent, experienced staff.
- Refused to renew contracts for timely deployment of #SearchAndRescue resources to #TX.
July 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How #Trump & #Noem “redeployed” #FEMA:
- Refused/Failed to name experienced #EmergencyManager as #FEMAAdministrator & obtain Senate approval.
- Induced loss of 20% of FEMA’s permanent, experienced staff.
- Refused to renew contracts for timely deployment of #SearchAndRescue resources to #TX.
- Refused/Failed to name experienced #EmergencyManager as #FEMAAdministrator & obtain Senate approval.
- Induced loss of 20% of FEMA’s permanent, experienced staff.
- Refused to renew contracts for timely deployment of #SearchAndRescue resources to #TX.
My take on the new #Trump #ExecutiveOrder: "Pretending Toward State and Local #Preparedness"
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#EM #greysky #EmergencyManagement #EmergencyManager #Resilience
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#EM #greysky #EmergencyManagement #EmergencyManager #Resilience
Pretending Toward State and Local Preparedness
Today Trump finally issued the latest Executive Order he promised last week. It is, to borrow a phrase, weird that POTUS decided not to wait for his FEMA Review Council to inform him of how best to re...
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March 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My take on the new #Trump #ExecutiveOrder: "Pretending Toward State and Local #Preparedness"
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#EM #greysky #EmergencyManagement #EmergencyManager #Resilience
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#EM #greysky #EmergencyManagement #EmergencyManager #Resilience
I don’t know an #EmergencyManager who thinks #FEMA is perfect or that improvement isn’t needed. But no other federal agency has been asked to do so much for so long, with so few resources and so little support.
#FEMAReviewCouncil #EM #GreySky
#FEMAReviewCouncil #EM #GreySky
January 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I don’t know an #EmergencyManager who thinks #FEMA is perfect or that improvement isn’t needed. But no other federal agency has been asked to do so much for so long, with so few resources and so little support.
#FEMAReviewCouncil #EM #GreySky
#FEMAReviewCouncil #EM #GreySky
As crises em cenários de desastres assemelham-se a uma cebola ardida, repletas de camadas que exigem descascamento meticuloso, a fim de evitar danos irreparáveis e o comprometimento de todo o esforço empreendido.
#emergencymanagement #emergencymanager #defesacivil #DesastresNãoSãoNaturais
#emergencymanagement #emergencymanager #defesacivil #DesastresNãoSãoNaturais
February 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
As crises em cenários de desastres assemelham-se a uma cebola ardida, repletas de camadas que exigem descascamento meticuloso, a fim de evitar danos irreparáveis e o comprometimento de todo o esforço empreendido.
#emergencymanagement #emergencymanager #defesacivil #DesastresNãoSãoNaturais
#emergencymanagement #emergencymanager #defesacivil #DesastresNãoSãoNaturais
Well the electricity just went out in our entire #BostonEdison neighborhood in #Detroit. Hope this isn't an #emergencymanager omen.
December 9, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Well the electricity just went out in our entire #BostonEdison neighborhood in #Detroit. Hope this isn't an #emergencymanager omen.
I think the only thing I missed from Xitter is weather. Bksy just doesn't do weather updates the same way #emergencymanager #weather
April 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think the only thing I missed from Xitter is weather. Bksy just doesn't do weather updates the same way #emergencymanager #weather
Q: What specific actions did local officials take between 1:14am, when the first flood emergency alert came out, & hours later when the flooding started?
COUNTY SHERIFF: We're in the process of trying to put a timeline. That is not my priority at this time.
Q: Was the emergency manager awake?
COUNTY SHERIFF: We're in the process of trying to put a timeline. That is not my priority at this time.
Q: Was the emergency manager awake?
July 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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April 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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#PublicSafety #EmergencyManagement #EmergencyManager
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