Galit Sorokin (@Wavelet) profile picture

I Explore. I Connect. I Synergize. I am a Field Operator. I navigate the interstitial space: modulating systems, infrastructure, & big picture thinking.

at the extreme & inbetween
Joined January 2007
Just heard and felt two BIG explosions in Oakland, followed by several small ones. Anyone know whst those were yet?
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Hey @GOP on a scale of 1-10...with 5 being the traitorous, treasonous, act of #TakingaKnee during football...how does @realDonaldTrump's performance yesterday compare? Asking for an entire country. #TRE45SON #PutinTrump #TraitorInChief #TraitorSummit
Q from audience: if we know disaster is imminent, say 10 yrs ahead, how can communities be proactive about #preparedness & #Resilience?
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at the 2015 Resilience Summit put on by @BoCoStrong: a strong collection of local active community and professionals here. #Resilience
Dr Dennis Wenger of NSFs Infra Management & Extreme Events: 'Resilience' is a repackaging of the 'disaster cycle'. #ISNGI
Robust decision making: Learn->Design->Test->Revise-->Design...so on. - Lauren Cook #ISNGI
Lauren Cook: How can we use historical data & climate models to inform adaptation of storm water infrastructure? #ISNGI
case study: CA 1st global-size econo gone water-critical: how to build longterm growth where gone dry? -Guy Dixon:NINA Access Pathway #ISNGI
first day at #ISNGI in DC, common mentioned themes: Infra resilience, financing/funding challenges, impact of info-infra on social systems.
Maurice Conti of @autodesk: Data sets (realtime vs historical) critical to community being able to innovate #FEMAThinkTank
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Re open data: FEMA opened up a lot of their data from past disasters at fema.gov/opendata #FEMAThinkTank #opendata
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At @techshopsf for the #FEMAThinkTank session: 'innovations every #EM should know about'. Follow conversation via @FEMAlive
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#doma ruled unconstitutional by #supremecourt !!! 1.usa.gov/12k0ra7 – at Boston, MA
At the @poptech design charette. Focus Q: what are the critical elements of neighborhood resilience? #cityresilient
Talk of coastal "protection" reveals hierarchical thinking with built enviro on top. How about coastal respect and humility? #cityresilient
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Nature has a way of dispelling wisdom of waterfront property. We fail to learn...again and again. #cityresilient
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lots of talk on resilience via beefing up risk areas...Where is acknowledgment of need to develop non-risk areas instead? #cityresilient
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Hearing lost about $$$ and other other countable things from @sethpinsky. Need to think about qualitative too. #cityresilient
"Funnel resources from the top down to supercharge the bottom" re community resources and emergent resilience #cityresilient
#Mindfulness as root of #resilience. Inspiring stories from @HLFINC Start young to create lifelong practice #cityresilient
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