The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that 2017 was the most expensive year on record for disasters in the U.S., estimating $306 billion in total damage. The FBI al...
There’s another type of flood to deal with in the midst of a natural disaster: a flood of information. From 311 submissions to sensors to social media, city technology teams are often inu...
"The more we rehearse disaster, the safer we’ll be from the real thing. Life seems to work that way, doesn’t it?” This line from Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise satirizes an American obse...
During the wave of hurricanes that tore through a number of coastal areas in September, crowdsourcing was a lifesaving tool, allowing residents in need of rescue to input their locations...
People tend not to think that bad things will happen to them. This psychological proclivity towards optimism—logically termed “optimism bias”—is in many ways a beneficial feature of the h...
