by Susanne | Nov 28, 2017 | Earthquake, Learning Experiences, Live-Action Adventure, News, Training
On Nov 11, 2017, a major earthquake struck Ross Ct in Palo Alto CA. Here’s the full report. 21 residents, 3 dogs, and 4 cats smelled gas leaks, watched a transformer fizzle and spark, and were without water and power for several days. Afterward, they were joined...
by Susanne | Aug 31, 2017 | Leaders, News
The good news is that people really do take up leadership spontaneously. The bad news is that spontaneous leadership is still newsworthy. Nonetheless, we thank everyone who stepped up when it was needed, including Zachary Dearing in Rockport Texas: Read the full...
by Susanne | Jun 18, 2017 | Learning Experiences, Live-Action Adventure, News, Training
The official report for the Pepper/Olive Neighborhood Disaster Popup is out! I was going to summarize it for you. But decided that you could get an impression of what happened from this writeup and this post, and reflections might be more interesting than...
by Susanne | Jun 6, 2017 | Learning Experiences, Live-Action Adventure, News, Training
After having read the feedback forms, and looked through the text messaging transcripts, we can definitively declare our pilot event a success. There is much room for improvement, but we demonstrated that the model is viable and appealing to participants. The event...
by Susanne | May 28, 2017 | Learning Experiences, Live-Action Adventure, News, Training
Our roaming reporter, Annette Glanckopf. By Annette Glanckopf / May 25 2017 / Palo Alto CA Last weekend, the Ventura neighborhood of Pepper and Olive Avenues in Palo Alto experienced a magnitude 4.3 earthquake along the San Andres followed by a 7.4 earthquake on the...
