Alex Storm

Disasters affect people with disabilities first and hardest—not because of disability itself, but because emergency syst...

Sheltering in place saves lives when evacuation is more dangerous than staying put. However, many people misunderstand w...

After disasters, food shortages are rarely about starvation—they are about stress, illness, and poor planning. Many peop...

Aftershocks injure and kill people who believe the danger is over. Buildings are weakened, debris is unstable, and fatig...

Disasters rarely kill because people lack courage. They kill because of predictable mistakes made under stress, confusio...

Disasters at night are more dangerous than daytime events. Darkness, confusion, and sleep inertia turn small hazards int...

After disasters, clean water disappears faster than food. Broken pipes, power loss, and contamination turn normal taps i...

Winter power outages turn homes into cold traps within hours. Heating systems stop, lighting disappears, and hypothermia...

Extreme heat kills quietly, often inside homes. When air conditioning fails due to power outages or grid overload, heat ...

Elderly people face higher risk during disasters not because of age itself, but because disasters remove support systems...