UPI: Planning expert discusses caregiving during a disaster

Release Date: November 28, 2006 This content is archived.

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An article distributed by United Press International on the challenges of caregiving during a natural disaster quotes Ernest Sternberg, professor of urban and regional planning, who said, "There is not much appreciation by federal agencies that snow events can be very serious emergencies. We do not appreciate that our dependence on electrical grids for heating and keeping our homes dry has made us more vulnerable than we were in the past." Go to article.

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