Cultivating a state of readiness: our response to April 27, 2011
This document reports on the tornado outbreak of April 27 in Alabama and presents a set of action-oriented recommendations that would save lives by increasing preparedness to tornadoes through training, early warnings and the use of new technologies, as well as increase cooperation between agencies, improve the delivery of services and reduce the negative economic impact of future storms.
The report: (i) documents what happened that day; (ii) determines what went right and what could have been done better; and (iii) proposes solutions not only to promote a recovery, but also to improve preparation for future disasters by addressing vulnerabilities exposed by the storms.