#35 Santa and Space Weather with Jason Clap

Understanding Space Weather will help you as an emergency manager, especially as Santa and Rudolph track their way around the Globe. Jason Clapp returns to the show to talk about the complexities of electro magnetic pulse (EMP), communication systems, and critical infrastructure.

Santa is coming to town! We are experiencing Space Weather via the Northern Lights as we record this episode. Jason Clapp is back on the show to discuss this recurring phenomenon and how it impacts preparedness. We talk about it from emergency planning and response to military and commercial impacts as well.

Emergency managers must include space weather in their emergency planning process. It impacts communications, critical infrastructure, commercial travel, and of course Santa with Rudolph's GPS tracker in his nose. Or is it a lightbulb?? Who knows- join us this week as we talk about the complexities of how the Sun and man-made electromagnetic pulses (EMP) impact disaster toughness.