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San Francisco flattened the curve early. Now, coronavirus cases are surging.

Mon, 2020-08-03 10:16 — mike kraft
San Francisco flattened the curve early. Now, coronavirus cases are surging. The Bay Area was supposed to be exceptional. Quarantine fatigue and a prison outbreak changed that. Heather Kelly, Rachel Lerman Washington Post

SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area was supposed to be exceptional.

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Despite pressure from Trump, major districts say schools will stay closed in fall

Tue, 2020-07-14 10:55 — mike kraft
Despite pressure from Trump, major districts say schools will stay closed in fall California’s two largest districts will keep students home as the pandemic worsens. Laura Meckler Washington Post
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Pittsburgh Seemed Like a Virus Success Story. Now Cases Are Surging.

Sun, 2020-07-12 19:53 — mike kraft

PITTSBURGH — A little more than three weeks ago, officials in Pittsburgh announced a milestone enviable for almost any major city in America: A day had gone by without a single new confirmed case of the coronavirus. It was good news for a city that had seen only a modest outbreak all along, even as the virus raged through places like Philadelphia and New York.

That was then.

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Resilience Alliance

Sat, 2012-01-28 13:29 — mdmcdonald

There are many definitions of resilience from simple deterministic views of resilience anchored in Newtonian mechanics to far more dynamic views of resilience from a systems perspective, including insights from quantum mechanics and the sciences of complexity.  One baseline perspective of resilience sees it in terms of the viability of socio-ecological systems as the foundation for sustainability.  For those that are ready to look beyond resilience as the ability to return to the "normal state" before a disaster, take a look at:

http://www.resalliance.org/

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