Tuesday - Preparing for Natural Disasters
PAS concluded with a dynamic look at how governments respond to natural disasters with "Preparing for Natural Disasters-What's at Stake?" This discussion of the logistics of emergency planning at various levels included Capt. Horatio Tuitt, director of the Disaster Management Coordination Agency in Montserrat, West Indies; Laurel Ryan, Dickinson College alumna and deputy senior official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Richard Flinn, deputy director for operation of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA).
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Above: panelists Horatio Tuitt, Laurel Ryan '90 and Richard Flinn.
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PAS committee member Kathy Adia '06 introduces the session. |
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Left: IB&M professor Michael Fratantuono moderated the discussion. |
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