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2 weeks ago | 
disasterology.substack.com | Samantha Montano
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined). There’s a little something for everyone!Greetings Earthlings, This month, Naomi Klein published “The Rise of End Times Fascism” in The Guardian with her co-author Astra Taylor. This is her first piece since Trump returned to office, and Oh Boy! I think it hits particularly hard for those of us in disaster-world.
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1 month ago | 
revkin.substack.com | Samantha Montano |Susan Crawford
The post and discussion of disaster justice with “disasterologist” below originally ran in November 2024. But it must be revisited now that Team Trump has cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities progam, or BRIC - the biggest source of federal support for cutting vulnerability to disaster-generating hazards where the need is greatest. The program was created in the first Trump term and greatly expanded by President Biden.
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1 month ago | 
disasterology.substack.com | Samantha Montano
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined). There’s a little something for everyone!Welcome to The Disaster Group Chat,I want to start by acknowledging the continued horror unfolding in Gaza. This news from yesterday will hit particularly close to home for readers of this newsletter.
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1 month ago | 
revkin.substack.com | Roger Pielke Jr |Samantha Montano
My wife and I are on our first road trip from the Rockies west to the Bioneers conference in Berkeley but had to fit this in. Mike Smith, a veteran meteorologist and analyst of extreme weather warning and response, has just renewed a call he’s been making since 2012 for a national disaster review board. Click here to read his original proposal (part 1, part 2). My friend has just published a guest post from Smith laying out his updated argument.
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2 months ago | 
disasterology.substack.com | Samantha Montano
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined). There’s a little something for everyone!Greetings Loved Ones, I hope you have survived the blissfully short month of February. I got taken out by the flu and bronchitis but am on the mend and allowing myself to fall into the delusion of “fake spring” here in Boston. Meanwhile, has anyone figured out what’s going on yet?
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
disasterology.substack.com | Samantha Montano
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined). There’s a little something for everyone!Good Afternoon, Fools!Hope you have your critical-thinking hats on today. I promise there are no pranks, just horrors, below. The state of emergency management is *q word* but does anyone else feel like the vibes are unstable? This month there was a massive wildfire in .
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
disasterology.substack.com | Samantha Montano
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined). There’s a little something for everyone!Happy Weekend! I come to you today with an old-school newsletter with plenty of links to keep you busy. You may be aware that journalism is in a bit of a free fall at the moment so I’m feeling extra grateful for the folks who have been able to get these stories published.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
disasterology.substack.com | Samantha Montano
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined). There’s a little something for everyone!Happy Saturday My Little Tariffs,Heyyyyy. How y’all doin’… Want to go jump in a volcano with me? No? Okay, well then gather around. Let’s do a debrief. Things were looking relatively normal at FEMA for approximately 5 minutes (jokes on us).
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
disasterology.substack.com | Samantha Montano
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined). There’s a little something for everyone!Hello My Little Sugar Plums!Congratulations on making it to the season finale of 2024. This year has been a lot. I hope you were able to rest over the Holiday season. I knit half a scarf, binge re-watched Pretty Little Liars (kill me), and fully ignored all work responsibilities.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
disasterology.substack.com | Samantha Montano
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined). There’s a little something for everyone!Hello! Hello!This newsletter is late. I’ve been living in a tent for two weeks (for disaster reasons, not protest reasons). I’m running off a hotspot and cold medicine has become one of my main food groups. So, bear with me.
