Alex Storm

Floods and hurricanes kill more people during evacuation than during impact. Roads become rivers, vehicles turn into tra...

Emergency plans look perfect on paper, yet collapse the moment a real disaster hits. I have seen detailed plans ignored,...

Disasters affect children differently than adults. Noise, darkness, separation, and sudden change overwhelm them quickly...

Earthquakes at night are more dangerous than daytime events. People are asleep, rooms are dark, glasses and phones are o...

When disasters strike, cell networks are often the first systems to fail. Towers lose power, networks overload, and mess...

One of the hardest decisions in any disaster is whether to evacuate or stay home. Many people freeze at this moment, wai...

Winter power outages turn homes into cold, dark hazards within hours. Most fatalities do not come from the storm itself,...