How New Zealand Quakes and Hurricane Katrina Inform Ideas About Equitable Recovery From Disaster – July 5, 2018

As the recovery from last October’s wildfires progresses, national experts on resilience are visiting Sonoma County to share best practices.

Yesterday we met Laurie Johnson, a specialist in disaster recovery. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher was among those at her talk in Santa Rosa last month. She says she learned a lot from researching the aftermath of an earthquake that shook New Zealand in 2011, killing 185 people.

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