RESILIENCY IN TIMES OF DISASTER

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• RESILIENCY IN TIMES OF DISASTER
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Strengthening Community Resilience 
William M. Lokey Program Director Witt Associates
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Bad Stuff Happens!
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Historical Perspective of Resiliency
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Inherent strength
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Sustainability
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Assess and respond
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Repair or restore in a timely manner
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Infrastructure
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Organizations and Institutions
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People
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Economy
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• Understand the risks
• Understand the complexity
• Understand the interdependencies
• Look for mitigation opportunities
• Engage in planning
• Exercise and train
• Create partnerships
• Keep the public informed

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Barriers to Progress
It wont happen here. If it happens here, it
wont affect me. If it does effect me, it wont
be that bad. If it is that bad, I cant do
anything about it anyway, so
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• Posted by the Washington Sun-Sentinel on May 29,
  2009
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• President Obama said today that a huge
  percentage of people?? in hurricane-prone areas
  are unprepared for major storms. They don't have
  a plan.. 
• Obama was apparently referring to a Mason-Dixon
  poll of coastal residents released on Thursday,
  which found that 55 percent did not have a family
  disaster plan and 83 percent have not taken steps
  to protect their homes.

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• History is always a race between education and
  catastrophe.
• H.G. Wells
• or.

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Some training for a lot of people is better than
a lot of training for some people.
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Disaster resiliency requires improvisational
problem solving..
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• Most disaster problems are management problems
  not skills problems yet, most disaster training
  is skills training!

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There are decisions that belong in the boardroom
There are decisions that belong on the production
floor
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It is a journey, not a destination
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Remember the glacier Any force no
matter how small, can move any object no matter
how large, if it is applied consistently and for
a long enough time
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It takes a Community to be resilient