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Got some time with Alert Authority this month, and we chatted: -Building Agency Social from scratch -Interacting with community -Being visible to community as a local EM -Challenges of building alert programs. If you aren't visible, you don't exist. youtu.be/_6Kuh-kdpfA?...

Harris County OEM internship:

Took the first EM webinar with SPC today on their new intensity products. We will see how it goes.

Give thanks to whole community partnerships who truly make disaster resilience, response, and recovery possible! Emergency managers couldn't do it without them! ❤️🌍 #CommunityIsKey

WRECK EM TECH! Excited to see the TTU West Texas Mesonet expand into my county - AND a BRAND... NEW... RADAR! Link: www.fredericksburgstandard.com/2026/02/11/t...

Happy Valentine’s Day. ☺️

Happy Valentine's Day.

It would be great if we could get folks to do a program exit interview, but include all of their past history, knowledge, and a program summary. A key aspect of any program is having a process for any sort of turnover. Good to have for an EM program! www.hstoday.us/subject-matt...

Thankful for Twin Cities Meteorological Society AMS/NWA Chapter for inviting me to host a virtual presentation to chat more about emergency management and how weather plays a vital role! ❤️ THANK YOU FOR THE STICKERS! 🤩

Have you heard of PRACADEMIC AFFAIRS?!?! This is so excited. I am excited to read and maybe shoot to push for some publications. I can't speak on the quality yet - but we need more journals like this! LOVE THIS! www.hstoday.us/pracademics/

This week in emergency management: 2 brushfires, our first after action review of the year, and hosted the first TDEM Public Officials class today for many officials who haven't had it yet! ❤️

When you find it, it makes you never want to stop pursuing a solution ❤️ And never wanting to stop talking about the need to fix it ❤️

This week in EM: Flood workshop, EMAP assessor training, WX in EM webinar presentation, alert system testing and work, our monthly AMS EM committee meeting, and more!

Flood risk is changing faster than our maps. 🌊 State EM agencies need decision-ready intelligence—not just static visuals. Join NEMA's EMpowerment webinar to learn how high-resolution flood data and modeling can support prep, response decisions statewide. zurl.co/D0S4e

Happy #NationalWeatherpersonsDay! Today, we celebrate all the members who make up our diverse membership - students, emergency management, retirees, broadcasters, government, military, academia, and private sector meteorologists!

"FEMA is a last resort." -When describing a need for local to build capabilities and readiness. #DisastersStartLocal

Visited Kerr County CERT today to observe before I Kickstart my own City/County team. I am ready to C E R T AGAIN!!!

THRILLED TO BE OFFICIALLY STORM READY! 🥳🥳🥳 Gillespie County/Fredericksburg is the first locality in the Texas Hill Country to receive the designation from our good friends at NWS! 🥳🥳🥳 #WeAre This was a goal of mine in the first 3 months! #BeAForce

#AMS2026 is different this year (and I am sad to not be there in person!) But today we celebrate the FIRST EVER EM and Disaster Symposium track at AMS! Session 1 is below.' This year, I've seen more EMs present and attend! We are combining the worlds of meteorology with EM!

“All models are wrong, but some are useful.” #AMS2026

Better predictions = earlier warnings & healthier communities. Learn more at #AMS2026! #Wildfire #AI #ClimateScience

MORE STUDENT PRESENTERS! If you are a student, please submit! We want to hear your work!

Good grief: According to research from Brenda Philips, info in flash flood warnings don’t necessarily influence people’s response and reaction during a flood. It’s their immediate situation and circumstance and the pre-event warning information. This is incredibly challenging. #AMS2026

ROCKSTAR PANEL AT #AMS2026!

just a reminder: if fire hydrants near where you live are buried in snow after this week’s storms, it’s a mitzvah (and a gooooood workout!) to dig out around that hydrant so fire crews can get to it faster if need be.

This! House Bill 474 should be adopted ASAP. Insane such a law doesn’t already exist in Maryland.. mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...

Always incredible to hear James Spann speak! He’s never afraid to tell you how it is and he won’t sugar coat! #AMS2026

James @spann.bsky.social said something important that needs to be echoed Go to schools. He goes every day and teaches science to them. They are our next generation My advice: get out of your comfort zone and ivory tower and communicate your work to everyone. Even if bosses say no #AMS2026

*Add PIOs in every office* #Dream #AMS2026

Yes - because I want to feel like I made a difference helping people while I was on this planet. ❤️

Wonder if emergency management funds will be held up in the DHS funding backlash going on 🤔 Time will tell.

You can use every EOC Activation as a way to explain more about what EM is, what EOCs are, and what steps are being taken to watch over the people you serve. ❤️

Time to rest after a solid 6 operational periods in the EOC. The EOC is my favorite place to beeeeee! ❤️

I have been lost without the cool EM content on IG! Restarting mine again! www.instagram.com/ashley.morri...

THANK YOU @kyledavidwx.bsky.social for the stickers!!! There are many great conversations from last year's podcast that were had!

If you enjoyed the public webinar back in September (link below) then join us for a @nwas.org webinar on Wed Jan 21st to discuss next steps. Featuring rockstars like @spann.bsky.social @missashes92.bsky.social @mattlanza.bsky.social @nashseverewx.com and more! Sep 2025 Event: t.co/IQSaNz5sSL

Week 10:

First burn ban process: 😲😂

Another book has been completed! 🥳🥳🥳 An amazing book for any students wishing to be a practitioner EM. It is all intensive and includes MANY great subjects - from SAR to EOCs, EOPs to alert systems, mass fatality planning to disaster liability, NIMS to recovery processes.

Check out this podcast on the 2025 CA wildfires and listening to residents share experiences and what they value about preparedness now: open.spotify.com/episode/3VNG...

WRECK EM TECH! TTU is bringing more mesonet stations, a new new radar (in my County), and social research soon! #EMGTwitter #FromHereItsPossible www.ttu.edu/now/posts/20...

Our AMS Committee on EM is excited to bring the 1st ever disaster and EMconference track to AMS on Thursday, 1/29! We hope to expand to multi-day next year! Please check out our content! #WXinEM #STEMinEM #AMS2026 Link: headlines.ametsoc.org/2026/01/08/b...

What 7 words would you get tattooed onto yourself? Me:

I missed week 8:

Fantastic (ONLINE & FREE) training from @nctsn on Psychological First Aid! Good for: -Case management of disaster survivors -Connecting survivors to resources -Enhancing community recovery & resilience -Self resilience (We matter too) Link: www.nctsn.org/resources/ps...

Now it’s been republished, I’ve bought my own copy of one of the most important books on behaviour in emergencies

Finished this entire book today. 😵 It was okay, but I still think some of the analysis done on NIMS/ICS in the academic world is inaccurate or misrepresented. #CountdownToCompExam

Proud of our AMS Committee on EM team to put together another IWT during the student conference again! We had so many dedicated committee members step up and make this happen - special thanks to David Hogg for leading and picking up items off my plate during my big move! #AMS2026

On the training list this past month - the FAA Aviation Emergencies for First Responders Training Phase 1. Cool training - also talks about cool NTSB items. #EMGTwitter