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Dr. Samantha Montano Profile picture
@SamLMontano
May 15, 2023 • 13 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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I'd like to share the final list of movies for the Disaster Film class I'll be teaching in the fall! #EMGTwitter

Before I do... some of you are going to be in a huff about certain movies not being included but I need y'all to be chill. (Some of you were not chill last time.)
I assure you have given this a lot of thought and this is what's best for this particular course and my particular students. This is set in stone so there's no negotiation that needs to happen.

Okay, here we go.
Disaster Film as Popular Culture: 100 Years of The Titanic

A Night to Remember (1958) Image
Disaster Films as an Avenue for Collective Anxiety

The China Syndrome (1979) Image
Disaster Films as Military Propaganda: The Civil Defense Era

Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Image
Disaster Film Through the Lens of Race, Class, & Gender

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Image
Fact vs. Fiction: Disaster Film as a Voyage for Myth Making

Volcano (1997) Image
Disaster Film as Spectacle

San Andreas (2015) Image
Pandemics for Disaster Film Fodder

Contagion (2011) Image
The Art of Making A Disaster Film

Sharknado (2013) Image
Disaster Film: Disrupting Corporate Power

Erin Brockovich (2000) Image
The Next Era of Disaster Film: Climate Change

Beasts of The Southern Wild (2012) Image
"It's all just asteroids!"

Don’t Look Up (2021) Image

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Oct 6
Two big hurricanes in the span of two weeks is why I spend so much time harping about the ~capacity~ of our emergency management system.

If Milton manifests in the way it’s looking like it will we are going to need to start watching resources more closely.
A high level way of thinking about this is
1. What resources do we have sitting around that can be sent to Florida
2. What response resources can we pull from the Helene areas that aren’t needed there anymore
I’m not at all saying the response won’t be effective in Florida — just that there is a juggle that is going to have to happen here. This is reminiscent to me of the Harvey/ Irma juggle (which was managed — capacity broke with Maria).
Read 6 tweets
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Oct 5
Shoutout to journalists working to cover this absolute mess & try to provide clarity (especially for survivors) in a moment of physical & informational crisis.

🧵of articles I’m quoted in w/ accurate information about FEMA and Helene #EMGTwitter
Washington Post: FEMA deploys to rough terrain after Helene as it faces criticism, fights misinformation

Gift link:
wapo.st/4dBWqoq
Washington Post: why Helene’s flooring caught North Carolina off guard

Gift link: wapo.st/4ePDweT
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Oct 4
This is a learning opportunity.

There are two parts to the emergency management system—the formal & informal.

The formal system includes all the hundreds/ thousands of government agencies, and big organizations like the Red Cross who expect to be involved when disasters happen Image
The informal system is everyone else from small local nonprofits to mutual aid groups. It includes emergent groups and spontaneous volunteers. And, most importantly it includes the survivors of the event — yes, they are ACTIVE participants in response.
The formal system is good because it brings money, resources, and expertise. The informal is great because it brings local knowledge, often an element of compassion, and extra hands.
Read 7 tweets
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Sep 30
When big disasters happen people almost immediately start asking why the president isn't there.

I understand the instinct -- the visual of the country's leader being there in the midst of a crisis is strong. It might be temporarily comforting but operationally it's bad.
When the president comes to town (even on a good day) everything has to shut down -- air space, roads, etc. First responders & other officials are reassigned to secure & facilitate the president's arrival.

In a disaster that means search & rescue stops, help to survivors stops.
What you need from the president in a disaster is to sign the disaster declaration requests from the governors. That has happened.

Once the immediate response has ended (i.e., saving lives) Biden will visit. That's the time to push him for additional recovery assistance.
Read 6 tweets
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Jun 3
FEMA loves to just slap us all across the face at every opportunity. Unbelievable. Image
Everyone in EM hi-ed: hey our programs are really struggling and we could use some support.

FEMA: what if instead we make a pretend university that will be in perceived competition to your programs?

Well done everyone. 10/10. No notes.
Watching @fema find a way to make things worse while also spitting on the work of the past 20 years of EM hi-Ed is really something.
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Sep 29, 2023
With the flooding in NYC, many people are rightly concerned about how FEMA will be involved in the response given the (seemingly) impending shutdown.

I'm going to try and explain this as simply as possible based on my current understanding. #EMGTwitter
The Disaster Relief Fund is the pot of $ used to pay for response & recovery when a community receives a Presidential Declaration.

For months, FEMA & White House have been asking Congress to refill the Disaster Relief Fund because it was very low.
At the end of August FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell made the correct decision to implement “Immediate Needs Funding”. This meant FEMA stopped recovery payments across the country in an effort to conserve remaining funds for life-saving response efforts
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