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# Title Date
0685 The Human Side of Disaster: New Book by Dr. Thomas Drabek January 26, 2010
0684 Yemeni Tripartite Alliance of Evil: Al-Qaeda, Al-Houthi, and the Separatists January 24, 2010
0683 Christmas Day (2009) Terrorist Attack by Umar Abdulmuttalab over Detroit, MI: Lessons and ... January 20, 2010
0682 Dr. Marius N. Smith-Petersen’s Care of JFK January 18, 2010
0681 Gigaton Deep Hot Earth Gases Emitted from Flood Basalts: Cause of Mass Extinctions? January 16, 2010
0680 Yemen’s Physical Geography: Volcanism, Jol, Wadis, and Rub al-Khali January 15, 2010
0679 What Did the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic Response Accomplish? January 13, 2010
0678 Care of JFK by Dr. Max Jacobson, aka Dr. Feelgood January 07, 2010
0677 Dr. Hans Kraus’ Medical Care of JFK January 03, 2010
0676 The Qanat: Ancient Antidote to Arid Iran’s Thirst January 01, 2010
0675 The 37 Great Aquifer Systems of Earth: Solution to Global Drought December 28, 2009
0674 Dr. George G. Burkley’s Rendezvous with JFK December 21, 2009
0673 Dr. Sara Murray Jordan’s Medical Care of John F. Kennedy December 15, 2009
0672 The Pigeon Towers of Isfahan December 11, 2009
0671 Zoroaster: Historical Prophet of Iran December 10, 2009
0671a Letter to the Editor on SEMP Biot Report #671: “Zoroaster: Historical Prophet of Iran.” November 30, 2009
0670 Eurasian Steppes: Origin and Evolution December 04, 2009
0669 Chitral, Pakistan: Shangri-La or Lair? December 04, 2009
0668 Majestic Pasargadae and the Sivand Dam Threat November 30, 2009
0667 Wandering Lop Nor, Tarim Basin, Central Asia November 27, 2009
0666 Fort Hood (TX, USA) Military Base Murders (11/05/09): First U.S. Senate Homeland Security ... November 20, 2009
0665 4,000 Year-Old Caucasian Mummies in Tarim Basin, Central Asia November 16, 2009
0664 The Squinch: A World Class Persian Sasanian Architectural Invention November 14, 2009
0663 What is Anti-Vaccinationism? November 12, 2009
0662 New York’s Compulsory Flu Vaccination Initiative for Health Care Workers November 11, 2009
0661 Usoi Dam & Lake Sarez, Tajikistan: Complex Mega-Flood Hazard October 25, 2009
0660 What is Central Asia? October 24, 2009
0659 The Road to Oxiana October 21, 2009
0658 1883 Rochester, Minnesota, F5-Tornado Catalyzed Change October 18, 2009
0657 Dr. Edwin H. Place’s Encounter with JFK at South Department, Boston City Hospital, 1920 October 16, 2009
0656 Dr. Paul A. O’Leary’s Encounter with JFK October 13, 2009
0655 Rhinovirus Epidemic Marginalizes Swine Flu Pandemic in Sweden, Fall 2009 October 11, 2009
0654 Oleum Release Disaster 2008: Failure of Three Safety Control Levels October 09, 2009
0653 Who Is Reverend Henning Jacobson? October 07, 2009
0652 What is the Fire Service Intelligence Enterprise? September 29, 2009
0651 Insider Risk at High Biocontainment Labs: Dr. Bruce Ivins’ Alleged Anthrax Crime Revisited September 28, 2009
0650 What is Open Source Information? September 25, 2009
0649 History of Cortisone at Mayo Clinic September 22, 2009
0648 Fort Detrick’s Accelerated Biodefense Lab Growth: Birth of the National Interagency Biodef... August 27, 2009
0648a Reader Response, SEMP Biot Report 648: “Fort Detrick’s Accelerated Biodefense Lab Growth” September 21, 2009
0647 New Edition of "Law Enforcement Intelligence" is Information Packed August 26, 2009
0646 Poll Results: Go-Slow, Moderate Effort, or Full Throttle Vaccination Option for Autumn 200... August 22, 2009
0645 Autumn Pandemic Vaccination: Go-Slow, Moderate Effort, or Full Throttle? August 20, 2009
0644 Bayer CropScience Accident, Kansas City, MO: Hazardous Hydrogen Chloride Vapor Leaked, Aug... August 20, 2009
0643 What Severe Fall 2009 Influenza Pandemic Wave? August 17, 2009
0642 Similarities of Mild Flu Pandemic 1957-58 to 2009 Flu Pandemic August 16, 2009
0641 1918 Influenza Pandemic: U.S. Army Perspective August 16, 2009
0640 Dr. Victor Vaughan’s Witness of Influenza Pandemic, U.S. Army, 1917-1918 August 15, 2009
0639 GAO Again Blocks Plum Island Germ Lab Move to Mainland U.S. August 15, 2009
0639a Update NBAF: DHS Picks Construction Manager, Biodefense Lab, Manhattan, KS September 21, 2009
0639b NBAF Update: Inch by Inch, Congress Allocates, With a Catch, $32 Million for Kansas Germ L... September 15, 2009
0638 Influenzal Sinusitis and its Relation to Epidemic Influenza July 27, 2009
0637 Severe Winter of 1917-1918: Factor in 1918 Flu Pandemic July 23, 2009
0636 FEMA-Suspended TOPOFF Exercise Replaced by National Level Exercise, Tier 1 July 20, 2009
0635 Bonus Army Spectacle, U.S. Capital, 1932: What Really Happened July 18, 2009
0634 Bonus Army Spectacle, U.S Capital, 1932: Root Causes July 17, 2009
0633 What is Protective Home Isolation? July 12, 2009
0632 Most Health Care Professionals Dodge Influenza Vaccination for Themselves July 10, 2009
0631 Horrific Florida Keys Hurricane, Labor Day 1935 July 05, 2009
0630 Winston Churchill on America’s Presidential Selection Methodology June 29, 2009
0629 Biosafety vs. Biosecurity: What is the Difference? June 28, 2009
0628 The RMS Lusitania Disaster June 22, 2009
0627 Who is Dr. Tara O’Toole, II? June 14, 2009
0626 What is a Hooverville? June 05, 2009
0625 Who Is New CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden? June 01, 2009
0624 Origin of Swine Flu and other Human Influenza Pandemics May 15, 2009
0623 Lt. Gen. Russel Honore’s Memoir Survival is a Gem May 10, 2009
0622 Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Disaster, WV: Worst Industrial Disaster in U.S. History May 07, 2009
0621 Death by Silicosis: The American Experience, 1880-1920 May 07, 2009
0620 Chemical Industry Culture: Piercing the Veil May 02, 2009
0619 Bayer Pesticide Plant Disaster, 2008, Institute, West Virginia May 01, 2009
0619a Reader Followup to Bayer Pesticide Plant Disaster, 2008, West Virginia August 13, 2009
0619b CSB Chairman Followup to Bayer Pesticide Plant Disaster, 2008, West Virginia August 15, 2009
0618 Birth of the Republic of Turkey April 29, 2009
0617 Who is Mustafa Kemal Ataturk? April 28, 2009
0616 Who is Dr. Richard E. Besser? April 26, 2009
0615 The Flawed 1976 National “Swine Flu” Influenza Immunization Program April 26, 2009
0614 What is Swine Flu? April 26, 2009
0613 FEMA Nomination of Craig Fugate April 22, 2009
0612 FEMA’s New “Comprehensive Preparedness Guideline (CPG 101)”: History, Highlights and Anal... April 19, 2009
0611 FEMA Pulls Plug on Free Housing for Katrina/Rita Families April 18, 2009
0610 Ancient Hittite Civilization’s Resilience to Catastrophe April 17, 2009
0609 Origin and Evolution of Metallurgy in Ancient Anatolia April 16, 2009
0608 NORAD Command Center’s Location Vulnerability April 15, 2009
0607 Fifty-Year Demolition Derby of Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 March 30, 2009
0606 Carter Glass and the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall Act) March 29, 2009
0605 Carter Glass and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 March 25, 2009
0604 What is Procyclicality? March 24, 2009
0603 Community Bankers and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Bernanke March 22, 2009
0602 University of Chicago Medical Center Patient-Care Disaster Delayed March 13, 2009
0601 “Ike Dike” Proposal to Protect Houston/Galveston from Storm Surge March 12, 2009
0600 Jebel Marra: Geologically Young Volcano Massif of the Sudan March 06, 2009
0599 What is TWIC? February 27, 2009
0598 Highlights of DHS Secretary Napolitano’s Testimony, “DHS, The Path Forward,” before the Ho... February 25, 2009
0597 Prepared Remarks of Secretary Janet Napolitano before the House Committee on Homeland Secu... February 25, 2009
0596 What Is WHTI? February 22, 2009
0595 Catalhoyuk: Discovery of Massive 9000-Year Old Neolithic Settlement in Anatolia February 22, 2009
0594 History of National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)—2001-2009 February 20, 2009
0593 Social Media Resolves Dearth of Information and Reduces Stress during Disasters February 18, 2009
0592 Case for Federal “Real ID” Driver’s License Process Overhaul February 17, 2009
0591 Governor Janet Napolitano’s Senate Hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security February 16, 2009
0590 What is AFRICOM? February 02, 2009
0589 What is FEMA’s New “National Disaster Housing Strategy”? January 31, 2009
0588 U.S. Airspace Sovereignty Defense 1993-2006: Plunge, Surge, Reform January 30, 2009
0587 James Lee Witt: Twelfth FEMA Director: Part II: 1993-2001 January 21, 2009
0586 James Lee Witt: Twelfth FEMA Director: Part I: 1944-1993 January 20, 2009
0585 Who are the Deobandis? January 15, 2009
0584 FATA, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan: Threat Center of the World January 10, 2009
0583 What’s New for National Incident Management System (NIMS) 2008: A Positive Cultural Change January 09, 2009
0582 U.S. 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak: Super Catalyst for Fed’s Disaster Relief Act of 1974 January 06, 2009
0581 Great Lakes 1977 Blizzard of the Century: A Strong Federal Response January 02, 2009
0580 Pakistan’s Centrifugal Political History: Bengal and Balochistan December 31, 2008
0579 Mehrgarh, Pakistan: Discovery of a 9000-Year-Old Civilized Settlement December 18, 2008
0578 Sacramento Airport First with Operations Relocation Plan for Catastrophic Flooding December 16, 2008
0577 Origin of Pakistan-India’s Enduring Rivalry December 12, 2008
0576 Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan’s Mysterious Ancient Civilization December 09, 2008
0575 FEMA’s Near-Death Experience, 1992-1994 December 06, 2008
0574 Oh, Manhattan (Kansas)! National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Contract Won by Rural City ... December 05, 2008
0573 NYPD Guidance S/P Mumbai, India, Terror Attacks, November 25-28, 2008 December 01, 2008
0572 Sudden Mass Cuban Exodus to U.S. in 1980: Origin and Social Consequences December 01, 2008
0571 Congress Edgy over Ineffective Control of the US-Canadian Border December 01, 2008
0570 CDC’s BioSense Biosurveillance Program: Performance Update November 30, 2008
0569 Wal-Mart Way in Disaster Preparedness/Response: Policy Implications November 27, 2008
0568 IAEM Calls for Restoring FEMA to Independent Agency Status November 26, 2008
0567 State Emergency Management Agency Web Sites: Room for Improvement November 25, 2008
0566 Grim Social Expectations for New Madrid Fault Earthquake November 22, 2008
0565 Horrific TWA Crash Inadvertently Exposed Fed’s Classified Mount Weather Installation, 1974 November 20, 2008
0564 S&P Index Shows Magnitude of 2007-2008 Economic Disaster November 19, 2008
0563 Disaster Preparedness Idea from a SEMP Reader: Radio in a TV November 17, 2008
0562 Galveston National Laboratory Dedicated Amidst 4,000 Layoffs at Ike-Stricken Texas Medical... November 15, 2008
0561 The First Ten FEMA Directors, 1979-1993 November 14, 2008
0560 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Security: Recent Threats November 13, 2008
0559 Did the Carlsbad, N.M., Pipeline Failure Contribute to California’s 2000-2001 Energy Crisi... November 10, 2008
0558 Fatal Carlsbad, New Mexico, Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion, 2000: Second Worst in US Histo... November 09, 2008
0557 Perceptions of Emergency Management by Its Academics, Practitioners, and Consultants November 08, 2008
0556 FEMA/EMI’s New "Principles of Emergency Management" November 06, 2008
0555 Time is Right to Standardize Training/Performance Assessment of BSL-4 Lab Workers November 04, 2008
0554 Northwestern University President Henry S. Bienen Had Ringside Seat on Wall Street Meltdow... November 04, 2008
0553 Foreclosed Homes with Swimming Pools: Source of West Nile Virus Outbreak November 04, 2008
0552 Federal Regulators’ Role in Financial Markets: House Hearing on the 2008 Global Financial ... November 04, 2008
0551 Steamy History of the American Economy during the Clinton Administration October 27, 2008
0550 Comprehensive Emergency Management: The Governor’s Perspective October 27, 2008
0549 Shoddy Perimeter Security for BSL-4 Labs at Georgia State University and Southwest Foundat... October 27, 2008
0548 Political Economy of FEMA II: Impact of FEMA’s Reorganization under DHS October 27, 2008
0547 Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Frantic Summer 2008 Calls for Drawdown October 02, 2008
0546 Wachovia Bank Freezes Accounts of 1,000 Colleges October 01, 2008
0545 Political Economy of FEMA Disaster Payouts, Past and Present September 30, 2008
0544 Galveston National BSL-4 Laboratory and Hurricane Ike September 28, 2008
0544a Letter to the Editor in Response to SEMP Biot Report #544: “Galveston National BSL-4 Labor... November 30, 2009
0543 Fed Chairman Bernanke’s Update on Economic Outlook September 24, 2008
0542 CRS Backgrounder on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac September 24, 2008
0541 The Cost of Government Financial Interventions, Past and Present September 24, 2008
0540 CRS Analysis of Proposal to Allow US Treasury to Buy Mortgage-Related Assets to Address Fi... September 24, 2008
0539 Hurricane Ike: Worst Electric Transmission/Distribution Blackout in Texas History September 18, 2008
0538 Recent Treacherous US Treasury Borrowing by National Flood Insurance Program September 17, 2008
0537 The Incredible Expanding FEMA September 15, 2008
0536 Raging Federal Cost of US Disasters 1989-2007 September 14, 2008
0535 Pentagon 9/11 Memorial: Tyranny of Modernist Memorial Design September 12, 2008
0534 Anthrax Scientist Bruce E. Ivins and the History of Anthrax Vaccine September 07, 2008
0533 Who Were the Radanites? August 02, 2008
0532 Henri Pirenne's Mohammed and Charlemagne: How Arab Musulmans, not Germanic Barbarians, End... August 01, 2008
0531 Good Practices in International Donations: PAHO's New Initiative July 31, 2008
0530 DHS Rolls Out "Voluntary National Emergency Preparedness Accreditation Program" ... July 30, 2008
0529 CDC's Unremitting Tamiflu Turmoil July 30, 2008
0528 Anatomy of the Fatal Sofa Super Store Fire Disaster, Charleston, 2007 June 08, 2008
0527 Public Health Security at Mass Gatherings: New Role for the Domestic Intelligence Communit... June 08, 2008
0526 Troublesome Near Misses in US Air Force Controlled US Nuclear Weapons Program June 07, 2008
0525 Hospital Emergency Standards Enhanced: A Good Model Gets Better June 05, 2008
0524 Algeria: Prologue to Revolution (1900-1943) May 13, 2008
0523 Indonesia Turns Screw More: Booting Out US Naval Medical Laboratory? May 07, 2008
0522 Mississippi’s April 2008 Recovery Status Post 2005 Hurricane Katrina Disaster May 06, 2008
0521 Murderous Washington, DC, and Chicago Race Riots, Summer 1919 May 04, 2008
0520 China Now Holds 17.2% of US Treasury Securities: Implications for the US Economy May 03, 2008
0519 Disaster Evacuation of Transportation-Disadvantaged Populations, Patients, and Residents o... April 30, 2008
0518 Integrationism and Nationalism in African-American Intellectual History up to 1950 April 30, 2008
0517 America's Bubblequake Economy April 29, 2008
0516 High Gasoline Prices: Oil Bubble or a New Fact of Life? April 27, 2008
0515 Strategic Petroleum Reserve Status Post Hurricane Katrina April 26, 2008
0514 Content Matter of Black Liberation Theology April 20, 2008
0513 Origin of Black Power and Black Theology of Liberation April 19, 2008
0512 Revisiting The Jesus Bag April 18, 2008
0511 What is the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board? April 17, 2008
0511a CSB Chairman Followup to Bayer Pesticide Plant Disaster, 2008, West Virginia August 15, 2009
0510 TOPOFF 4 Participants Share Lessons Learned at FEMA's First National TOPOFF Conference April 16, 2008
0509 What are Rhetoric and Oratory? March 31, 2008
0508 The National Response Framework Goes Live March 29, 2008
0507 Federal Regulation of US Chemical Facilities’ Security: Moving Right Along March 24, 2008
0506 The Biologic Origin of Snowflakes and Raindrops March 15, 2008
0505 Origin of the Salton Sea March 14, 2008
0504 History of US Government Smallpox Vaccine Acquisition and Vaccination Strategies March 14, 2008
0503 How Diana Spencer Died in Paris, France February 27, 2008
0502 Frances Prehospital Trauma Care System: History and Future February 25, 2008
0501 Mental Illness: A Growing Proportion of the Global Burden of Disease February 24, 2008
0500 Escalating Global Road Traffic Injuries and the Global Burden of Disease Initiative February 19, 2008
0499 Imad Mughniyah Dead: Implicated in US Marines 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing February 15, 2008
0498 Imad Mughniyah Dead: Indicted for 1985 Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 February 15, 2008
0497 Wheat, Rice, and Maize: They Giveth, They Taketh Away Civilization February 14, 2008
0496 Canada's "Unconventional" Oil Fields' Contribution to US Energy Supply February 09, 2008
0495 Venezuela's Chavez vs. Exxon Mobil: Chaos in a Socialist Rentier State February 08, 2008
0494 State/Local Governments to Create Fiscal Drag on Feds Next Ten Years, Says GAO January 28, 2008
0493 Will Global Tamiflu Preparedness Efforts Work? The Jury Is In January 27, 2008
0492 Physician Influenza-Testing Practices in Parts of Four States January 26, 2008
0491 Tamiflu Physician-Prescribing Patterns 2006-2007 in Parts of Four States January 25, 2008
0490 Indonesia Turns the Screw: Questions World Health Organization’s Handling of Scarce Avian ... December 31, 2007
0489 Firth of Tay Bridge Disaster 1879: Worst Structural Disaster in British History December 29, 2007
0488 French Phylloxera Epidemic: Largest Disaster in the History of Wine December 27, 2007
0487 Colonizing and Decolonizing French Algeria, 1830-1962 December 26, 2007
0486 Abd-El Kader and the French Conquest of Algeria (1830-1848) December 11, 2007
0485 Pitch (Asphalt) Lakes of Trinidad, Venezuela, and California December 09, 2007
0484 What Is a Macadam Road? December 04, 2007
0483 Nobel Brothers and the Capitalist Oil Boom in Pre-Communist Russia November 30, 2007
0482 Preparing American School's for Beslan-Type Terrorist Attacks November 30, 2007
0481 Beslan School Massacre Catastrophe, 2004 November 26, 2007
0480 Crescendo to Beslan School Massacre, 1953-2004 in Chechnya November 21, 2007
0479 Chechnya: Chaos of Human Geography in the North Caucasus, 484 BC - 1957 AD November 18, 2007
0478 Origin of Public Health Systems in Renaissance Itay November 14, 2007
0477 What are "Global Public Goods"? November 10, 2007
0476 History of Venezuela's Oil and Rentier Economy November 05, 2007
0475 School Shooter Phenomenon and the Threat Assessment Paradigm November 04, 2007
0474 Intelligence-Led Policing in the United States November 02, 2007
0473 History of “Intelligence-Led Policing” in Great Britain November 01, 2007
0472 What is the New National Response Framework? October 21, 2007
0471 What is the New National Strategy for Homeland Security (October 2007)? October 20, 2007
0470 Why Was Guam Included in TOPOFF 4? October 19, 2007
0469 Hugo Chavez: Venezuela’s Revolutionary Master of Mimesis October 16, 2007
0468 “Register with FEMA, Even if You Have Insurance”: Federal Disaster Relief Up Close October 12, 2007
0467 Influence of Catastrophes on Political Organization: The Sorokin Perspective October 11, 2007
0466 What are the “National Preparedness Guidelines”? October 10, 2007
0465 Damaged Vehicles during Disaster Recovery: A Growing Problem October 09, 2007
0464 High-Containment Biosafety Laboratory Safety Breaches a Growing Concern October 04, 2007
0463 PPE for Healthcare Workers during a Fast-Breaking Epidemic: Issues and Solutions October 03, 2007
0462 Hong Kong Bubonic Plague Epidemic 1894 & Discovery of the Plague Bacillus October 02, 2007
0461 What is the WHO’s “Global Public Health Security” Initiative? October 01, 2007
0460 Origin of SARS September 22, 2007
0459 Stunning ED Operations, SARS Epidemic, Singapore 2003 September 22, 2007
0458 Religious Rites and Death by SARS, Singapore 2003 September 20, 2007
0457 Singapore’s SARS Epidemic Disaster 2003 September 18, 2007
0456 Diseases from Space and the Giggle Factor August 25, 2007
0455 Interstellar Dust Grains as Freeze-Dried Bacterial Cells: Hoyle and Wickramasinghe’s Fanta... August 22, 2007
0454 How the Milky Way May Snowball Earth August 19, 2007
0453 Stones Falling from the Sky, Part II: 1860 A.D.-2000 A.D. August 14, 2007
0452 Stones Falling from the Sky, Part I: 1,400 B.C.-1860 A.D. August 13, 2007
0451 Miller-Urey Experiment: Chemical Evolution of Life August 12, 2007
0450 Theory of Panspermia: An Idea that Will Not Die August 07, 2007
0449 Disease Outbreak Readiness Update, U.S. Department of Defense July 25, 2007
0448 Elderly Gardeners with "TB" from Potting Soil July 25, 2007
0447 Mycobacteria List of Species Grows and Grows July 25, 2007
0446 "Good Information is the Most Elusive Commodity in Large Disasters" July 24, 2007
0445 Evolution of the Language of Tuberculosis July 23, 2007
0444 The U.S. Emergency Alert System (EAS): Progress and Challenges July 13, 2007
0443 NASA to Launch “Dawn” Spacecraft to Ceres and Vesta, Asteroid Belt Denizens July 13, 2007
0442 The Great Irish Frost of 1740, Longest Period of Extreme Cold in Modern European History July 13, 2007
0441 U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection Update: Progress in Sector-Specific Plan Developme... July 13, 2007
0440 What is the "Emergency Use Authorization" for FDA-Unapproved Vaccines and Other ... July 13, 2007
0439 Tuberculosis Hazard on Long Airplane Flights July 05, 2007
0438 Human TB in Circus Elephant Herd, McHenry County, IL July 05, 2007
0437 How Israel Manages Noncompliant TB Patients July 05, 2007
0436 How Israel Manages Immigrants with Tuberculosis July 05, 2007
0435 What is the “Torino Scale” for Near-Earth Object Impact Hazards? June 20, 2007
0434 What Is a Near-Earth Object? June 20, 2007
0433 What Is a Comet? June 20, 2007
0432 Worlds in Collision: Velikovsky on Earth’s Catastrophic History June 13, 2007
0431 Curious Behavior of Methane as Earthly Greenhouse Gas June 11, 2007
0430 Dendrochronology: How Climate Catastrophes Show Up in Tree Rings June 11, 2007
0429 Pacific Northwest Scablands and Coulees: Remains of Vicious Missoula Glacial Lake Outburst... May 31, 2007
0428 Health and the Rise of Civilization May 31, 2007
0427 Riddle of the 1996 Puerto Rico Killer Propane Explosion Disaster May 31, 2007
0426 New FDA-Approved N95 Respirators for Disease Prevention Available Summer 2007 to General P... May 22, 2007
0425 Rumors during Disasters: Are They Debunkable? May 21, 2007
0424 “Importance of Evidence-Based Disaster Planning” May 15, 2007
0423 “Enterprise Policing for the September 12, Era” May 15, 2007
0422 Persian Gulf Once Dry, Green, and Inhabited by Humans: Implications May 15, 2007
0421 What is the “Counter-Disaster Syndrome”? May 12, 2007
0420 What Is the “Disaster Syndrome”? May 08, 2007
0419 The 1953 Worcester, Massachusetts, F4-F5 Tornado: Worst Known in New England April 23, 2007
0418 Bull 2004-2005 Commercial Terrorism Insurance Market April 17, 2007
0417 A Public Health Emergency from the Perspective of the U.S. National Disaster Medical Syste... April 10, 2007
0417a Correction: National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Has Returned to Department of Health a... April 15, 2007
0417b Correction: It is VMAT, not DVAT April 13, 2007
0416 What is a Catastrophe Bond? April 09, 2007
0415 What is Moral Hazard? April 04, 2007
0414 Brutal 1917 East St. Louis (IL) White-on-Black Race-Riot Disaster: Worst in American Histo... March 20, 2007
0413 What is a “Public Health Emergency”? November 19, 2006
0412 Largest Mass Methanol Poisoning in History Sickens 800 and Kills 45, Nicaragua, September,... November 17, 2006
0411 Government Bureaucracy and Two Newer Cultural Approaches to Provider Service Delivery to t... November 07, 2006
0410 Tamiflu Alert! 36 Million Americans Owned Tamiflu in October 2006 November 01, 2006
0409 First Pre-Washed Lettuce E. coli 0157:H7 Outbreak: Cheerleading Camp, 2002, Spokane County... October 02, 2006
0408 How Escherichia coli 0157:H7—Cause of Ongoing Contaminated Spinach Outbreak—Poisons Humans October 01, 2006
0407 When Chikungunya-Infected Travelers Return Home: Implications for Potential Chikungunya Ep... September 30, 2006
0406 Chaim Weizmann and the Palestine Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 September 29, 2006
0405 Homeland Security for the Next Five Years: Testimony by Secretary Michael Chertoff on Sept... September 29, 2006
0404 Dr. Freezelove and Crested Ice: B52-Bomber w/Hydrogen Bombs Crash near Thule, Greenland, 1... September 22, 2006
0403 Vast "Grand Canyon" Lurks 8,200 Feet BENEATH Cairo, Egypt September 21, 2006
0402 Nablus Soap: Cleaning Middle Eastern Ears for Centuries September 20, 2006
0401 War and Peace in Palestine Mandate Continues: British Issue 1930 Passfield Paper to Limit ... September 18, 2006
0400 Sir Simpson and the Secret of the Semite Struggle in the Palestine Mandate September 17, 2006
0399 League of Nations Takes a Closer Look at the 1929 Extreme Violence in Great Britain’s Pale... September 15, 2006
0398 Bowl of Scorpions: The Britain’s Palestine Mandate June 1920 to June 1929 September 10, 2006
0397 How the 1917 British/Zionist “Balfour Declaration” Became Part of the International Allied... September 07, 2006
0396 Businesses Now Encouraged to “Stockpile” Tamiflu! September 05, 2006
0395 Partitioning the Turkish Empire’s Middle Eastern Properties: The Influential 1916 Sykes-Pi... September 04, 2006
0394 Genesis of Britain’s 1917 ‘Balfour Declaration’: Zionist Jews’ Sanction to Populate Palest... September 01, 2006
0393 Who are the Palestinian People? August 30, 2006
0392 Duff’s Daring Ditch: Canada’s Unbridled Success in Building the Red River Floodway to Prot... August 26, 2006
0391 North American 2003 Electric Power Outage: Prime Example of Hidden Failure in a Critical N... August 24, 2006
0390 Indonesia’s Silver Bullet Solutions: The Role of the World’s Largest Muslim Nation in the ... August 23, 2006
0389 Texas Cerebrospinal Meningitis Epidemic of 1911-12: Saving Lives with New York City Horse ... August 22, 2006
0388 New Orleans: One Year Post Katrina August 21, 2006
0387 The Monster 1965 Northeast United States Blackout: Beginning of Addressing the Nation’s El... August 12, 2006
0386 The Case of the Disappearing Box: 15 Insights of DMAT Medical Officer Commander Roy Alson August 10, 2006
0385 Kansas Submerged! Western Interior Sea Transgression as Polar Ice Melted, Elevating Sea Le... August 10, 2006
0384 DHS Medical Role in National Preparedness: Update from the Office of the Chief Medical Off... August 02, 2006
0383 Who Is an “Arab”? The Danger of Cloud-Level Abstractions July 31, 2006
0382 US Census on the People of Arab Ancestry in the United States July 31, 2006
0381 CDC’s Humble Origin: Mosquito Death Force in High Gear! July 29, 2006
0380 History of Federal Domestic Disaster Aid after the Civil War: Freedmen’s Bureau and the US... July 26, 2006
0379 History of Federal Domestic Disaster Aid Before the Civil War July 24, 2006
0378 The Real Story behind the 1943 Demise of the USS Dorchester, Greenland Theater of War July 13, 2006
0377 How the RMS Titanic Disaster Galvanized Birth of the US Coast Guard and International Ice ... July 11, 2006
0376 1928 Catastrophic St. Francis Dam Failure, Los Angeles County: Worst American Civil Engine... June 24, 2006
0375 Aviation Security: TSA’s “Secure Flight” Program June 23, 2006
0374 Aviation Security: Securing Cargo June 22, 2006
0373 Epic Vajont Dam Disaster, Italy, 1963: Manmade or Natural? June 17, 2006
0372 Drs. Kettl and Harrald Senate Testimony on the Place of FEMA in the Federal Government, Ju... June 15, 2006
0371 US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen’s Senate Testimony: FEMA’s Place in the Federal Governme... June 14, 2006
0370 Secretary Michael Chertoff Senate Testimony, June 8, 2006: Case for Keeping FEMA within th... June 13, 2006
0369 Los Angeles Basin's 1938 Catastrophic Flood Event June 07, 2006
0368 Intelligence Report on the London Terrorist Attacks on July 7, 2005 June 04, 2006
0367 The Swiss Army and the Porcupine Principle June 03, 2006
0366 A Grim Need to Improve Border Security at the US-Canadian Border June 02, 2006
0365 Infamous New Year’s Day Flood, Los Angeles Basin, 1934 May 28, 2006
0364 Breaking Discoveries about the “Dread Factor”: Applications for Disaster Preparedness? May 20, 2006
0363 The Role of the National Guard in Border Security May 18, 2006
0362 Venezuela’s 1999 Massive Historic Alluvial Fan Flooding Event May 17, 2006
0361 What Is Endosymbiosis? May 15, 2006
0360 Charlie Wilson’s Rapture: Arming Afghan Islamists as Unintended Prelude to 9/11 May 13, 2006
0359 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1889 Dam Failure Disaster: Worst in American History May 11, 2006
0358 “Darwin’s Cathedral”: Natural Selection Operates at the Group Level, Too May 08, 2006
0357 The Secret of China’s Vast Loess Plateau May 07, 2006
0356 The Guadalajara 1992 Sewer Gas Explosion Disaster May 03, 2006
0355 The Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) and China’s Hunger for Oil April 30, 2006
0354 EMAC Governance and Operations: Curiously Convoluted, Yet Do They Work? April 29, 2006
0353 How EMAC Contributes to the Legitimacy and Salience of Emergency Management Providers April 28, 2006
0352 Strategic Petroleum Reserve: A Remarkable US Asset April 23, 2006
0351 Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC): Southern Born April 20, 2006
0350 Profiles in Catastrophism: The Desertification and Deluge of the Mediterranean Basin April 14, 2006
0349 US Treasury’s Lackluster Performance Demonstrating Terrorist Asset Blocking Efforts April 10, 2006
0348 New Jersey Palisades: Geologic Stunners that Welcomed Dinosaurs 200 Million Years Ago April 08, 2006
0347 How Any Brand of Influenza Vaccine May Cause HIV Results to Turn Falsely Positive April 04, 2006
0346 Why Certain Avian Flu Viruses Cause Human Conjunctivitis: Implications for Initiation of F... April 03, 2006
0345 H7N7 Dutch Avian Flu Outbreak (2003) Associated with Human Conjunctivitis and Fatal Case o... April 02, 2006
0344 Health Care, the Media, and Attempted Assassination of a Head of State: A Perspective on t... March 30, 2006
0343 Avian Flu Threat and My Backyard Poultry Flock: Part I March 21, 2006
0342 Got Tamiflu?: CDC Spasms over Alleged Antiviral Medication “Stockpiling” by Private March 20, 2006
0341 Pervasive Civilian Vulnerability to Toxic-Inhalation-Hazard Industrial Chemical Terrorist ... March 14, 2006
0340 What’s Your MERV? Improving HVAC Performance in the Age of Biological Attacks and Mishaps March 12, 2006
0339 Hard Luck Reunion Island: Massive Chikungunya Epidemic March 11, 2006
0338 CDC’s “Cities Readiness Initiative” Engages the Nation’s Suburbs March 08, 2006
0337 How Ray Nagin Won His First Term as Mayor of New Orleans March 04, 2006
0336 The Bloody Trail of Abu Sayyaf, Al Qaeda’s Agent in East Asia March 03, 2006
0335 Discovery of Holocene “Mega-Drought” in Nebraska: The Past as Future? March 01, 2006
0334 “Please Remain in Your Seat”: The Federal Government’s Role in Quarantine February 26, 2006
0333 The Loess Soil Problem beneath Memphis, Tennessee February 25, 2006
0332 What Is “Earthquake Baroque” Architecture? February 21, 2006
0331 Las Vegas Is Built On Liquefiable Soils Near Active Earthquake Faults? February 17, 2006
0330 The Disastrous Effects of Earthquake Soil Liquefaction February 16, 2006
0329 The Earthquake Potential of the New Madrid Seismic Zone February 15, 2006
0328 Shocking Geology of the New Madrid Seismic Zone Revealed February 11, 2006
0327 Hurricane Betsy, LBJ and the Dixiecrats: The Politics of New Orleans Flooding February 06, 2006
0326 Testimony of Mayor Ray Nagin before the Senate Committee on February 01, 2006
0325 Testimony of Col. Terry Ebbert and Walter Maestri, Senate Committee on Homeland Security, ... February 01, 2006
0324 1979 Sverdlovsk Human Anthrax Epidemic: Perspectives of Victims and Health Workers January 22, 2006
0323 Update on the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Draft 2.0 January 20, 2006
0322 Galveston National Laboratory: “The Best Little Bug House in Texas”? January 19, 2006
0322a Letter to the Editor in Response to SEMP Biot Report #322: “Galveston National Laboratory:... November 30, 2009
0321 Who Is New Orleans’ Ray Nagin? The Pre-Mayor Years January 17, 2006
0320 Is New Orleans a Poorly-Managed Polder? January 15, 2006
0319 What Is “Poldering”? January 14, 2006
0318 How the Netherlands Defends the Largest Port in Europe Against Flooding January 12, 2006
0317 The Catastrophic 1953 North Sea Flood of the Netherlands January 11, 2006
0316 How the New Orleans Police Department Experienced Hurricane Katrina: Baum’s Article in “Th... January 07, 2006
0315 "Thames Barrier": How the British Defend London Against Massive Flooding January 06, 2006
0314 Largest Single Mud Volcano in the World Discovered in Caspian Sea January 05, 2006
0313 Significance of Mississippi River Delta “Mud Lumps” to “Mud Volcanoes” and the New Madrid ... January 03, 2006
0313a Reader Follow Up: Mississippi River Delta “Mud Lumps” August 15, 2009
0312 Who are the Fellahin? December 24, 2005
0311 Gamal Nasser on the Rule of Blood and Miracles in Egypt December 22, 2005
0310 How Islamists Are Paying for Zawahiri’s Mistakes December 21, 2005
0309 Osama bin Laden’s Youth and Conversion to Islamism December 19, 2005
0308 How the US Army Corps of Engineers Experienced Hurricane Katrina: December 18, 2005
0307 Highlights of Louisiana Governor Blanco’s Testimony before the US Congress, December 14, 2... December 15, 2005
0306 Three Katrina Evacuee Stories December 13, 2005
0305 Wells, Parr, and Carwile, FEMA’s Katrina FCOs, Respond to Senators’ Questions: Part B December 11, 2005
0304 Wells, Parr, and Carwile, FEMA’s Katrina FCOs, Respond to Senators’ Questions: Part A December 09, 2005
0303 FEMA’s Katrina Federal Coordinating Officers Testify: Scott Wells, Phillip Parr, and Willi... December 09, 2005
0302 Emergency Departments and Epidemics: The 2003 Toronto SARS Experience November 27, 2005
0301 The Storegga Landslides: Catastrophic Underwater Natural Methane Explosions November 26, 2005
0300 What is Dhimmitude? November 25, 2005
0299 The Sufi Side of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and Al-Qaeda Brothers November 23, 2005
0298 “Control Room” Documentary Review November 19, 2005
0297 Qatar’s Al-Jazeera November 19, 2005
0296 What Are Qatar-US Relations? November 18, 2005
0295 National Security Strategy Update by Paul McHale November 17, 2005
0294 Yosri Fouda on al-Qaeda’s Shia-Sunni Problem November 13, 2005
0293 The Algerine Captive November 12, 2005
0292 Giant Diaper Metaphor for Dirty Bomb Clean-up Duty November 11, 2005
0291 Performance Report for the Bureau of Consular Affairs Progress in Mitigating US Visa Fraud... November 10, 2005
0290 DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff Testimony before House Select Committee on Hurricane Katrin... October 22, 2005
0289 DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff Testimony before House Select Committee on Hurricane Katrin... October 22, 2005
0288 DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff Testimony before House Select Committee on Hurricane Katrin... October 22, 2005
0287 DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff Testimony before House Select Committee on Hurricane Katrin... October 21, 2005
0286 Testimony of Marty Bahamonde, First FEMA Employee at Ground Zero of Hurricane Katrina October 21, 2005
0285 DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff Testimony before the House Select Committee on Hurricane Ka... October 20, 2005
0284 American Sports as a Target of Terrorism October 16, 2005
0283 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 11, 2005
0282 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 11, 2005
0281 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 10, 2005
0280 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 08, 2005
0279 What Is Norman, Oklahoma? October 08, 2005
0278 The Role of County Mutual Aid in Disaster Preparedness and Response: Remarks by Thomas O. ... October 06, 2005
0277 Seven Pitfalls to Avoid in Disaster Preparedness and Response Planning October 06, 2005
0276 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 06, 2005
0275 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 05, 2005
0274 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 04, 2005
0273 Is the Profession of Emergency Management in Trouble? October 02, 2005
0272 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 01, 2005
0271 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 01, 2005
0270 FEMA Role Clarification and Katrina Performance Assessment: The Congressional Hearings Sep... October 01, 2005
0269 “Why the 1900 Galveston Hurricane was not a Disaster” September 25, 2005
0268 Use of Federal Troops for Law Enforcement during Crises: the “Immediate Response Authority... September 25, 2005
0267 Understanding the US Government Language of Crises September 22, 2005
0267a Follow up remarks by Pete Smith, City of Naperville (IL), Emergency Preparedness Manager. October 02, 2005
0266 Task Force Pelican: The Rebel Yells September 19, 2005
0265 The Role of DMORTs in Mass-Fatality Management in US Civilian Domestic Disasters September 18, 2005
0264 Disaster Medicine: The New Kid in Town September 14, 2005
0263 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Role in the 1970s EMS Systems Movement – Part B September 11, 2005
0262 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Role in the 1970s EMS Systems Movement – Part A September 11, 2005
0261 Oh Katrina! September 10, 2005
0260 A Simple Test to Demonstrate Hospital Disaster Readiness and other Ideas September 07, 2005
0259 Revisiting Looting Behavior during Disasters September 06, 2005
0258 Emergency! TV Show: Hollywood’s Role in the EMS Systems Movement September 03, 2005
0257 Chicagoland’s Metra Rail System Security August 26, 2005
0256 CSX Freight Train Derailment and Subsequent Fire in the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore,... August 24, 2005
0255 CSX Freight Train Derailment and Subsequent Fire in the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore,... August 23, 2005
0254 The Railroad Security Gap August 21, 2005
0253 Citizen Soldiers: the National Guard’s Big Stretch August 20, 2005
0252 Securing Weapons-Grade Nuclear Material Sites in the US August 17, 2005
0251 How the US is Strengthening US Consulates Overseas in the Visa Issuing Process August 13, 2005
0250 What is “Graceful Degradation”? August 11, 2005
0249 What Is the New U.S. “Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support”? August 09, 2005
0248 A Historical Overview of EMS System Development in the U.S.: the 1990s and 2000s August 07, 2005
0247 A Historical Overview of EMS System Development in the U.S.: the 1980s August 06, 2005
0246 A Historical Overview of EMS System Development in the U.S.: the 1960s and 1970s August 06, 2005
0245 Civil Defense: The Swiss Approach August 04, 2005
0244 What Is Civil Defense? Kennedy Administration through the George W. Bush Administration August 02, 2005
0243 What Is Civil Defense? World War I through the Eisenhower Administration August 01, 2005
0242 Commissioner Kelly’s NYPD Terrorism Beat: A Compelling Approach to Countering Terrorism July 24, 2005
0241 The Incredible Shrinking FEMA July 23, 2005
0240 Military Medical Materiel ‘Focused Logistics’: a Revolutionary New Approach July 22, 2005
0239 Who Is Sayyid Qutb? June 18, 2005
0238 What Is a Kimberlite Pipe? July 17, 2005
0237 Securing the U.S. Capitol’s National Mall July 16, 2005
0236 The Social Meaning of Islamic Architecture July 15, 2005
0235 What Is Radiogardase®? July 08, 2005
0234 Cesium Radiation Dispersal Disaster in Goiania, Brazil July 07, 2005
0233 How Hafiz Asad Tamed the Muslim Brothers July 05, 2005
0232 Who Are the ‘Alawis? July 03, 2005
0231 What is a Taser? June 26, 2005
0230 Securing Mount Rushmore June 26, 2005
0229 Top Eight Homeland-Security Public Laws June 25, 2005
0228 What Is Dust? June 25, 2005
0227 What is a Rentier State? June 23, 2005
0226 What Is Clay? June 23, 2005
0225 What Is Syria and Iran’s Alliance about Anyway? June 22, 2005
0224 What is Irredentism? June 21, 2005
0223 Banquet of Life: A New Explanation for Continental Drift June 06, 2005
0222 Ben Franklin’s Exceptional View that Volcanic Eruptions Affect Climate June 04, 2005
0221 How Thomas Jefferson Tamed the Barbary Coast Mussulmen: America’s First Foreign Policy Cri... June 03, 2005
0220 How John Adams Tamed the Barbary Coast Mussulmen: America’s First Foreign Policy Crisis June 02, 2005
0219 Algeria Unveiled: The US Shows Interest June 01, 2005
0218 The Great Mantle Plume Debate May 31, 2005
0217 Yellowstone’s Colossal Columbia River Basin Lava Flow and Other Large Igneous Provinces on... May 31, 2005
0216 Lessons Learned from a Hospital Evacuation during Tropical Storm Allison May 21, 2005
0215 Tropical Storm Allison 2001: The Worst Urban Flood in US History May 21, 2005
0214 Did a Krakatoa Eruption in 535 A.D. Help Precipitate the Decline of Antiquity and the Spre... May 16, 2005
0213 Bioterrorism and Emergency Response Preparedness of Local Health Departments in Kansas: A ... May 13, 2005
0212 Can Public Health Physicians be Held Liable for the Negligent Care Provided by Public Heal... May 13, 2005
0211 Securing Seattle during the 1999 WTO Riots and Millennium Bomber Apprehension May 09, 2005
0210 Federal Government Agency “Continuity of Operations†Programs: What is their Status? May 05, 2005
0209 SEMP Biot #209: How Christian Armenians Came to Leave their 2,500 Year-Old Homeland: Part ... May 05, 2005
0208 How Christian Armenians Came to Leave their 2,500 Year-Old Homeland: Part Two May 04, 2005
0207 Securing the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta: Part Two May 01, 2005
0206 Securing the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta: Part Two May 01, 2005
0205 "Securing the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta : Part One” April 24, 2005
0204 "The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis: the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster” April 22, 2005
0204a USS Indianapolis Sinking Survivor of July 1945 Dies in August 2006 Chicago Heat Wave August 13, 2006
0203 "Emergency Prophylaxis Privileges: A New Twist on Creating a Public Health Labor Forc... April 13, 2005
0202 "What Is the ‘Interim National Preparedness Goal’?” April 15, 2005
0201 How Did “Intelligent Transportation Systems” Fare during the August 2003 NYC Blackout? April 10, 2005
0200 What is “The Interim National Infrastructure Protection Plan? (NIPP) April 09, 2005
0199 Are Expected Recovery-Time Objectives Achievable for Financial Markets Following Wide-Scal... April 08, 2005
0198 Accidental Human Exposure to Anthrax at Children’s Hospital Research Institute April 07, 2005
0197 CDC’s Quality of Laboratory Work during Anthrax Attacks Questioned by GAO April 06, 2005
0196 Update on TOPOFF 3 April 04, 2005
0195 The 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks, the Worst in US History April 03, 2005
0194 How the TSA Is Strengthening Baggage Screening Systems to Improve Aviation Security April 02, 2005
0193 How the TSA “Secure Flight” Program is Strengthening Passenger Prescreening for Improved A... April 01, 2005
0192 Events Leading to the First US Tornado Forecast in March 1948 March 26, 2005
0191 The Great 1925 Tri-State Tornado, the Worst in US History. March 25, 2005
0190 How NOAA is Improving Tsunami Hazard Warning Systems since the December 2004 Indian Ocean ... March 23, 2005
0189 What is the ‘Visas Mantis’ Program for Foreign Science Students and Scholars? March 22, 2005
0188 How the “Student and Exchange Visitor Information System” (SEVIS) Is Strengthening Homelan... March 21, 2005
0187 Dramatic Direct Visuals of the December 2004 Bay of Bengal Epicenter Earthquake Rupture Zo... March 20, 2005
0186 Here Comes TOPOFF 3! March 19, 2005
0185 Rethinking the Origin of Earthquakes and the Implication for Earthquake Prediction March 18, 2005
0184 How U.S. Agriculture Has Reduced its Vulnerability to Agroterrorism March 11, 2005
0183 Lebanon’s Hizbullah—Conventional Political Party or Terrorist Group? March 09, 2005
0182 Oil Doesn’t Come from Squashed Ferns and Fish?? March 04, 2005
0181 What Are the Top Eight Vulnerabilities in Securing our Wastewater Treatment Plants Against... March 03, 2005
0180 What Is Department of Health and Human Services CONOPS? February 27, 2005
0179 A Palimpsest of Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plans February 25, 2005
0178 The Seven Signs of Terrorism and Citizen Coproduction of Terrorism Prevention February 24, 2005
0177 The Flawed 1976 National “Swine Flu” Influenza Immunization Program February 22, 2005
0176 Who Are the Druze? February 17, 2005
0175 SEMP Letter to Strategic National Stockpile CHEMPACK Coordinator Mr. Adcock February 16, 2005
0174 Khomeini: Godfather of Lebanon’s Hizbullah February 14, 2005
0173 What Is “Demonstration Effect?” February 13, 2005
0172 Hospital Surge Capacity Performance Standards and Indicators February 07, 2005
0171 What Is the Strategic National Stockpile “Forward” CHEMPACK Program? February 05, 2005
0170 What Is the U.S. Doing to Secure WMD in the Former Soviet Union and Elsewhere? January 30, 2005
0169 What Is Cuvier Catastrophism? January 29, 2005
0168 Mr. Salah and the Bridgeview, Illinois HAMAS Connection January 23, 2005
0167 What Is Asymmetric Warfare? January 22, 2005
0166 United States of America v. Holy Land Foundation: A Case Study of U.S. Counterterrorism Ef... January 16, 2005
0165 How the 1868 Posse Comitatus Act Influences U.S. Department of Defense Missions January 15, 2005
0164 Yellowstone Is a Supervolcano? January 11, 2005
0163 How Does Islam Conceptualize the Sovereign State? January 10, 2005
0162 What Is Swine Flu? January 09, 2005
0161 The Making of Israel January 03, 2005
0160 What Is the Ukraine Famine Disaster of 1932-1933? January 02, 2005
0159 What Is a Creed? January 01, 2005
0158 What Is the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA)? December 26, 2004
0157 What Is Red Tape? December 24, 2004
0156 “Illness and Secrecy on the U.S. Supreme Court” December 23, 2004
0155 SEMP Annual Report 2003-2004 December 20, 2004
0154 What Is the “Sunni Triangle”? December 20, 2004
0153 NASA Satellite Photos Reveal Ecological Disaster in Iraq’s Marshlands December 19, 2004
0152 What Is the “Thalweg Principle” December 18, 2004
0151 How Saddam Hussein Thinks December 13, 2004
0150 What Triggered the 1991 Persian Gulf War? December 12, 2004
0149 What Is Avian Flu? December 09, 2004
0148 Columbine: Lessons Learned December 06, 2004
0147 Columbine: The Real Story December 05, 2004
0146 Managing Dead Bodies in Disasters December 04, 2004
0145 What Is Bureaucracy? December 03, 2004
0144 The Flawed Emergency Response to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots PART C November 30, 2004
0143 The Flawed Emergency Response to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots PART B November 29, 2004
0142 The Flawed Emergency Response to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots PART A November 21, 2004
0141 Democratic Realism: An American Foreign Policy for a Unipolar World November 20, 2004
0140 Performance Measurement by the Criminal Justice System November 19, 2004
0139 The 1995 Chicago Heat Disaster: An Integrated EMS Response November 13, 2004
0138 American Public Health Accreditation Movement November 12, 2004
0137 Fall of the Shah of Iran November 11, 2004
0136 Minnesota’s Smallpox Vaccination Experience November 08, 2004
0135 Command Performance? Response to the 9/11 Pentagon Disaster November 07, 2004
0134 The Three Circles of Evil November 02, 2004
0133 Who Is A Persian? November 02, 2004
0132 What Is Community Policing? November 02, 2004
0131 Does Osama bin Laden Speak for Islam Today? October 29, 2004
0130 What Is Islam? October 28, 2004
0129 Has U.S. Financial Infrastructure Protection Improved Since 9/11? October 28, 2004
0128 What Is “Prison Islam”? October 27, 2004
0127 How Does Law Enforcement Use Investigation and Arrest Data? October 18, 2004
0126 What is Aramco? October 17, 2004
0125 Transforming U.S. Immigration Programs October 16, 2004
0124 What Does U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Know about Wahhabism in U.S. Prisons? October 10, 2004
0123 Who Is a Wahhabi? October 10, 2004
0122 Disaster Cartoons October 06, 2004
0121 Who Has Access to Your Personal Health Information? HIPAA Privacy Rule at One Year October 06, 2004
0120 Who is an Arab? October 05, 2004
0119 Are U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants More Secure Now than on 9/11? September 22, 2004
0118 DHS Secretary Ridge’s Letter to SEMP September 20, 2004
0117 What Does Roz Lasker Know About Public Reaction to a Smallpox or Dirty Bomb Terrorist Atta... September 19, 2004
0116 9/11 Evacuee Behavior during 9/11 World Trade Center Evacuation September 13, 2004
0115 Physical Health Status of World Trade Center Responders September 12, 2004
0114 GAO Admonishes CDC for Anthrax Response September 11, 2004
0113 FBI Transforming September 10, 2004
0112 What Is Hidden Failure in Critical Infrastructure? September 06, 2004
0111 What Does Lamine Mili Know About Satellites and Disaster Management? September 03, 2004
0110 Secret Service, Cybercrime, and the Insider Threat Study September 03, 2004
0109 Who Is Dr. Theodor Escherich? August 21, 2004
0108 How Well Is the National Flood Insurance Program Performing? August 19, 2004
0107 Manufactured (Mobile) Home Resident Mortality Rates in Severe Wind Events August 18, 2004
0106 Paraguay Fire, Looting Disaster Myth, and Harm August 04, 2004
0105 HIPAA Privacy Rule Applied to Bioterrorism August 04, 2004
0104 Local Public Health Performance Indicator Development, Finally July 27, 2004
0103 National Response Plan Begins to Go Live July 13, 2004
0102 Integrating Public Health into Disaster Preparedness and Response: An IOM Letter Report July 09, 2004
0101 Use of Field Hospitals in the Aftermath of Sudden-Impact Disasters July 09, 2004
0100 When Should a Hospital Be Evacuated Following a Disaster? July 08, 2004
0099 Hospitals in Disasters: Handle with Care July 06, 2004
0098 The National Incident Management System Goes Live July 05, 2004
0097 Hospital Mutual Aid Agreement Progress Report: An Interview with Jack Hickey July 02, 2004
0097a Response from JoAnn Foley, POD Hospital, EMS Region IXJ July 07, 2004
0096 A Chief Operations Officer for DHS Secretary Ridge? July 01, 2004
0095 First-Responder Preparedness Standards on the Front Burner June 26, 2004
0094 What Is the National Infrastructure Protection Center? June 24, 2004
0093 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) of 2002 June 22, 2004
0092 How Do Insurance Companies Determine the Cost of Financing Catastrophe Risk? June 21, 2004
0091 How Well Are Catastrophe Insurance Markets Functioning? June 21, 2004
0090 Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Insurance: A Caribbean Case Study June 20, 2004
0089 SEMP's Measuring Disaster Preparedness Available for Purchase Now June 15, 2004
0088 CDC to Examine Strategic National Stockpile Logistics June 14, 2004
0087 Strategic National Stockpile Deployment and the Tyranny of Logistics June 08, 2004
0086 The Role of Hospital Pharmacies in Community Disaster Preparedness June 06, 2004
0085 Anthrax Autonomous Detection Systems—What’s Next? June 05, 2004
0084 Who Is Responsible for Coordinating Civilian Counterterrorism R&D? June 02, 2004
0083 IT Integration Woes of DHS June 01, 2004
0082 Anthrax in Tripoli? May 24, 2004
0081 SEMP's The First 72 Hours Available for Purchase Now May 17, 2004
0080 Leading during Bioattacks and Epidemics with the Public's Trust and Help* May 13, 2004
0079 What Is “Cepheid?” May 05, 2004
0078 SARS & Indoor Plumbing/HVAC May 05, 2004
0077 What is “Postulated Threat?” April 30, 2004
0076 SARS Again April 30, 2004
0075 "Patterns in Global Terrorism 2003" April 30, 2004
0074 Combating Terrorism—Where Are We Today? April 24, 2004
0073 Recovery of the USS Cole April 20, 2004
0072 FEMA: Business Not As Usual? April 08, 2004
0071 Building and Facility Terrorism Preparedness Sources April 05, 2004
0070 Mr. Wiegand's Passing March 24, 2004
0069 A CDC Sentinel Event? March 16, 2004
0068 Water Boil Order, Aurora, Illinois March 12, 2004
0067 Orson Welles on Disaster Preparedness March 02, 2004
0066 What NYC Hospitals Need from Government February 17, 2004
0065 NYC Prepares for Potential Terrorism at Republican National Convention February 15, 2004
0065a Jaras Response to NYC Disaster Preparedness February 16, 2004
0064 Does Post-Crisis Crisis Counseling Work? January 24, 2004
0064a Response to Biot #64 by Dr. Herb Sutherland January 26, 2004
0064b Response to Biot #64 by James Bondi January 26, 2004
0064c Response to Biot #64 by Kristine Messitt January 27, 2004
0064d Response to Biot #64 by Bob Plant January 27, 2004
0064e Response to New Yorker article by Critical Incident Stress Management Founder Jeff Mitchel... January 29, 2004
0063 SEMP Executive Summary 2002-2003 December 13, 2003
0062 Are Disaster Logistics Neglected by Hospitals? December 02, 2003
0061 Rhode Island Nightclub Fire: The Hospital Component November 18, 2003
0060 Physicians and Bioterrorism: Duty to Treat? October 29, 2003
0059 Important Food Supplier Regulations Announced October 13, 2003
0058 Federal Funds Received: New IL State EOC Building October 13, 2003
0057 Listening to SARS October 12, 2003
0056 Fox River Red Cross and Kane County OEM Sign MOU October 04, 2003
0056a Kane County OEM Website Address November 06, 2003
0055 Biosafety and Anthrax Death Accountability September 29, 2003
0054 Local Biodefense Research To Begin September 14, 2003
0054a Dialogue about "Local Biodefense Research to Begin" September 29, 2003
0054b Dialogue about “Local Biodefense Research To Begin” September 16, 2003
0054c Dialogue about “Local Biodefense Research To Begin” September 17, 2003
0054d UIC Fails, U of C Wins, In Bid for Construction of Biosafety Level 4 Lab Construction September 30, 2003
0054e CORRECTION: University of Chicago to Build Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory NOT Level 4 Labora... October 02, 2003
0053 Politics and Preparedness September 12, 2003
0052 Getting READI: GWU's First Responder Training Center September 12, 2003
0051 Pioneering Triage Algorithm for Inhalational Anthrax September 04, 2003
0050 Portable Emergency Isolation Treatment Centers July 31, 2003
0049 Infection Control Guidelines for Bioterrorism Agents
0048 Clarification of HIPAA Privacy Rules During a Disaster June 19, 2003
0047 Invitation to Participate in TOPOFF 2 May 08, 2003
0046 Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation Update May 06, 2003
0045 Access Info for TOPOFF 2 Watchers May 06, 2003
0045a TOPOFF Webcast Watcher Update May 08, 2003
0044 April 2003 GAO Report: Bioterrorism Preparedness Across State and Local Jurisdictions April 22, 2003
0043 CDR: A New Disaster Resource for SEMP April 22, 2003
0042 Naperville's a Boomburb! April 10, 2003
0041 What's New in Illinois State Crisis Preparedness? April 10, 2003
0040 Hospital Post-Impact Evacuations: Lessons from the Front April 09, 2003
0039 DuPage County Looks for Cash for Bioterrorism Preparedness April 08, 2003
0038 DuPage County's Emergency Management Committee Open to Public March 25, 2003
0037 JCAHO Calls for Community Mobilization to Develop Emergency Response Capabilities March 15, 2003
0036 Kaplan and O'Leary Speak Out on Bioterrorism Preparedness on ABC Ch. 7 News January 15, 2003
0035 ACCA Bioterrorism Lecture Series at Benedictine University Announced January 01, 2003
0034 Hospital Mutual Aid Agreement Progress Report-An Interview with Jack Hickey January 01, 2002
0033 How Central DuPage Hospital Collaborated with the U.S. Postal Service During the Anthrax S... January 29, 2003
0032 Free CDC Online Smallpox Training Programs Jan. 29 and Feb. 4 January 23, 2003
0031 SEMP Executive Summary of Annual Report 2001-2002 January 14, 2003
0030 Academia Moves Forward on Research in Social Science Aspects of Disasters January 13, 2003
0029 Catholic Explorer SEMP article-DuPage services prepare for threat of bio-terrorism January 13, 2003
0028 Naperville Sun Story-CNN Correspondent says media just want to get straight story January 06, 2003
0027 CDC Bioterrorism Update: Smallpox Preparedness December 04, 2002
0026 UIC Sets Sights on Bioterror Research Lab December 03, 2002
0025 JCAHO President's Remarks on Hospital Emergency Preparedness November 29, 2002
0024 America Still Unprepared - America Still in Danger October 29, 2002
0023 "Who Was in Charge of the Massive Evacuation of Lower Manhattan?" September 26, 2002
0023a Response to #23 Who Was in Charge of the Massive Evacuation of Lower Manhattan? October 01, 2002
0022 "Problem Solving" Model for Community Emergency Planning September 07, 2002
0021 The Role of the Media in Disaster Management August 17, 2002
0020 "We Are Not Alone: Disaster Response to Catastrophic Flooding in Europe, Is Poor" August 17, 2002
0019 Governor Ryan's 9 Homeland Security Update: Includes News on IDPH Receipt of 5,000 Bifurca... August 16, 2002
0018 White House Rationale for and Analysis of Homeland Security Department August 16, 2002
0017 Bush's Science Advisor Tours Fermilab in DuPage County August 09, 2002
0016 "The Questionable Nature of the Incident Command System" by Dr. Quarentelli August 09, 2002
0016a Response to #16 "The Questionable Nature of the Incident Command System" August 16, 2002
0015 President Bush's Argonne National Laboratory Info in July 26 Issue of "Illinois Homeland S... July 30, 2002
0014 Government to Expand Plan for Smallpox Vaccinations - So Much for ACIP Recommendations July 06, 2002
0013 Update on the U.S. National Smallpox Vaccination Strategy July 02, 2002
0012 Communication from Mr. Ed Merkel, Chairman DuPage Count y Emergency Management Advisory Co... June 25, 2002
0011 Primer on Mutual Aid Agreements June 25, 2002
0011a Response to #11 Mutual Aid Agreement June 25, 2002
0010 Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani Coming to Benedictine University June 15, 2002
0009 Introduction to Incident Management Lecture from Illinois Bioterrorism Summit 2002 May 28-... June 10, 2002
0008 Illinois Receives Bioterrorism Grant Monies from HHS June 10, 2002
0007 Hospital Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Patient Decontamination Equipment Recomme... June 04, 2002
0006 The Chicago Dept. of Public Health Experience from IDPH Bioterrorism Summit 2002 June 01, 2002
0005 The New York City Experience May 30, 2002
0004 Who is Tara O'Toole? May 14, 2002
0003 Understanding Public Response to Disasters May 13, 2002
0002 Bioterrorism, Public Health and Civil Liberties May 10, 2002
0001 Short Primer on Smallpox May 07, 2002