If you guys are interested, I could help organize a symposium on this.
Since our museum is in the middle of tornado alley (and earthquake, and
flooding, and wildfire alley...etc.) we have a strong emergency
preparedness protocol. I can talk about what we do here if anyone would
like to see what we and others to.

Katrina

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On 4/26/16 2:05 PM, "Entomological Collections Network Listserve on behalf
of Shockley, Floyd" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Indeed, Lynn.  And it's not a matter of if, but when it happens.  Though
>California collections have put more emphasis in recent years on
>fortifying their buildings to make them more prepared for the big one
>when it comes.  
>
>Kinda makes me wonder if there isn't an opportunity here (with our larger
>meeting and more international members joining us in Orlando) for a
>mini-symposium on collection emergency preparedness or lack thereof.
>Hint, hint...  The earthquake here in 2011 followed 4 days later by
>Hurricane Irene taught us much about our physical infrastructure and what
>we were doing right vs. what could be improved.  Entomology survived
>without a single specimen lost (and across the museum the loss of
>specimens was relatively small), but we are STILL in the process of
>fixing the damage.
>
>Floyd
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
>Floyd W. Shockley, Ph.D., F.R.E.S.
>Collections Manager (Acting)
>Department of Entomology
>National Museum of Natural History
>Smithsonian Institution
>P.O. Box 37012, MRC 165
>Washington, DC 20013-7012
>Tel (office): 202-633-0982
>Fax (office): 202-786-2894
>Mobile (personal): 703-789-4924
>Email:  [log in to unmask]
>Staff Website:  http://entomology.si.edu/StaffPages/ShockleyF.html
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Entomological Collections Network Listserve
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lynn Kimsey
>Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 2:57 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Delhi museum catastrophe
>
>Doug,
>That's horrible. They've basically lost their biological heritage in one
>fire. This is what worries me about collections in California. Most of
>them are located on major fault lines.
>
>Lynn
>
>________________________________________
>From: Entomological Collections Network Listserve
><[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Doug Yanega <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:26:05 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Delhi museum catastrophe
>
>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36136752
>
>This the NMND, India's National Museum, and this is truly an appalling
>disaster. They do not report any injuries, which is good, but our
>colleagues there are apparently now without either a home, or a
>collection. Truly devastating.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>--
>Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
>Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
>phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
>              http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html
>   "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
>         is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82