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• Being Prepared / Getting Trained

  View on whatcomready.org

  whatcomready.org features training outreach of the Whatcom Unified Emergency Coordination Center, a partnership between the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Division of Emergency Management and the City of Bellingham’s Office of Emergency Management…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dangerous Place

  California's Unsettling Fate

  Reisner, Marc

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  An overview of how California transformed from desert to the most populated state in the nation, despite being a seismically active region. The author presents a hypothetical earthquake scenario and its aftermath.

• The Devil Never Sleeps

  Learning to Live in An Age of Disasters

  Kayyem, Juliette N.,

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  Current information and strategies for navigating multiple disasters.

• Doom

  the Politics of Catastrophe

  Ferguson, Niall,

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  A historian's analysis of crisis management in the United States.

• Emergency Management

  a Reference Handbook

  Bumgarner, Jeffrey B.

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  A nontechnical guide to the principles, practices, policies, and profession of emergency management

• Emergency Preparedness

  View on bellinghampubliclibrary.org

  Bellingham Public Library's guide to local and regional resources for news and emergency preparedness

• Full Rip 9.0

  the Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest

  Doughton, Sandi

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  A specific look at the impacts of a large earthquake along the Pacific Northwest Coast

• Get Ready!

  How to Prepare for and Stay Safe After a Pacific Northwest Earthquake

  Moller, Deb,

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  Region specific advice on how to prepare for an earthquake.

• Ghosts of the Tsunami

  Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone

  Parry, Richard Lloyd

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  An exploration of the losses caused by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan and the recovery process.

• The Great Influenza

  the Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History

  Barry, John M., 1947-

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  A look at the 1918 influenza epidemic.

• Heat Wave

  a Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

  Klinenberg, Eric

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  An examination of who gets impacted the most by climate change and why.

• The Million Death Quake

  the Science of Predicting Earth's Deadliest Natural Disaster

  Musson, Roger

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  Explore why seismologists are concerned and what can be done to prepare cities for earthquakes

• The Next Tsunami

  Living on a Restless Coast

  Henderson, Bonnie

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  A presentation of current geological discoveries that lead scientists to believe the Northwest Coast faces an imminent tsunami

• Path of Destruction

  the Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms

  McQuaid, John

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  An in-depth look at the contributing factors and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

• Personal emergency preparation Washington State Military Department

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  Washington State's guide for how to prepare for an emergency over the course of a year. Available in multiple languages

• Prepare Your Home for a Sudden Grid-down Situation

  Take Self-reliance to the Next Level With Proven Methods and Strategies to Survive a Grid-down Crisis

  Riley, Ted (Survivalist),

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• The Prepared Home

  How to Stock, Organize, and Edit Your Home to Thrive in Comfort, Safety, and Style

  George, Melissa (Home storage expert),

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  Tailor your emergency planning to your needs and wants.

• Prepared Neighborhoods

  Creating Resilience One Street at a Time

  James, Scott (Writer on community building, preparedness, and permaculture), 1971-

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  An action plan for how resilient and prepared individuals create a resilient and prepared community.

• Prepping 101

  40 Steps You Can Take to Be Prepared : Protect Your Family; Prepare for Weather Disasters; Be Ready and Resilient When Emergencies Arise

  Harrison, Kathy

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  Emergencies and accidents happen, and planning ahead can help lessen the impacts of those events.

• Quakeland

  on the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake

  Miles, Kathryn, 1974-

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  An updated scientific understanding of America's regional vulnerabilities to earthquakes