Art & Writing of Katy L. Wood
@thatdisasterauthor.bsky.social
Queer author+illustrator from Colorado. Wildland Fire Dispatcher. 🎃🏳️🌈🏔️
Art+Writing: www.AspenAndCopper.com
Disaster Blogging: www.Katy-L-Wood.com
Tumblr: @ThatDisasterAuthor
Art+Writing: www.AspenAndCopper.com
Disaster Blogging: www.Katy-L-Wood.com
Tumblr: @ThatDisasterAuthor
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Time for a new welcome post, now with books! I'm a queer author/illustrator out of Colorado, and a Wildland Fire Dispatcher hopefully applying for Emergency Management PhDs soon!
I write fantasy, adventure, and survival stories.
Follow the thread for more info about me and my projects. 🎨✒🔥
I write fantasy, adventure, and survival stories.
Follow the thread for more info about me and my projects. 🎨✒🔥
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Holy shit...
Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
January 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Holy shit...
The TikTok algorithm knows me well enough to suggest lots of disaster videos, but it does not understand disaster videos well enough not to suggest I save them as places I want to travel. Like, yes, this was posted from a very pretty country, but in this video it is in fact underwater.
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The TikTok algorithm knows me well enough to suggest lots of disaster videos, but it does not understand disaster videos well enough not to suggest I save them as places I want to travel. Like, yes, this was posted from a very pretty country, but in this video it is in fact underwater.
Pssst! All my books are 15% off in my shop right now, including special editions! And you can get free shipping on orders over $25 with code "WINTER25" too! (Sadly only shipping within the US right now due all the nonsense, but ebooks are available everywhere!)
www.aspenandcopper.com/shop
www.aspenandcopper.com/shop
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Pssst! All my books are 15% off in my shop right now, including special editions! And you can get free shipping on orders over $25 with code "WINTER25" too! (Sadly only shipping within the US right now due all the nonsense, but ebooks are available everywhere!)
www.aspenandcopper.com/shop
www.aspenandcopper.com/shop
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I’m surprised the IAEM conference hasn’t broken out in cheers.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I’m surprised the IAEM conference hasn’t broken out in cheers.
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Thanks to @atherton.bsky.social for poking me to write this badboy.
Big 🤙 to @schnufflerowner.bsky.social for their understanding of how this all works.
Big 🤙 to @schnufflerowner.bsky.social for their understanding of how this all works.
DOGE’s Gutting Of USAID Weakened Disaster Response - CIP
For over 30 years, USAID had a leading role is disaster response for the United States, a capacity shattered when it was shut down.
internationalpolicy.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This is very, uh, not great. Just fyi. Especially for those of us in the direct path of a major tsunami from Alaska. 🙃
NOAA’s National Weather Service holds the federal responsibility for tsunami warnings, and has historically been a primary supporter of seismic data collection in Alaska
NOAA cancels longstanding funding for seismic data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer fund the contract.
akpub.io
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is very, uh, not great. Just fyi. Especially for those of us in the direct path of a major tsunami from Alaska. 🙃
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🧵 on how the dismantling of USAID may affect the US search and rescue teams deployed to Jamaica.
As of today, both LA and Fairfax VA have deployed 34 person Rapid Assessment Teams to Jamaica to perform Urban Search and Rescue. Until July of this year, LA & Fairfax had agreements with USAID to provide this support to disasters overseas - they are the only USAR teams authorized to do so.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🧵 on how the dismantling of USAID may affect the US search and rescue teams deployed to Jamaica.
What the fuck? Screw this shit.
August 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What the fuck? Screw this shit.
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A thread 🧵 on the importance of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, from the point of view of Washington State (unofficially, of course; this is just my opinion). Don't just take my word for it, though - read the NTHMP 2024 annual report here: www.weather.gov/media/nthmp/... 🌊
www.weather.gov
July 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Now is a good time to call your members of Congress & tell them the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (under NOAA) needs to be funded. Without it, communities will face extreme funding cuts, have their ability to prepare for events like this one (and much worse) deeply affected.
July 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Now is a good time to call your members of Congress & tell them the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (under NOAA) needs to be funded. Without it, communities will face extreme funding cuts, have their ability to prepare for events like this one (and much worse) deeply affected.
Please enjoy thirty seconds of a moose calf having EXTREME beef with my wishing well.
July 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Please enjoy thirty seconds of a moose calf having EXTREME beef with my wishing well.
Oh this is fantastic.
I found something @catsofyore.bsky.social will like, I hope! from a book in our newsroom library …
July 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Oh this is fantastic.
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Thrilled to see @insideclimatenews.org reporting on the findings of the new Argonne survey of local and state emergency management capacity. This is a great summary.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...
As Trump Shrinks FEMA, State and Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By - Inside Climate News
In a government survey, state and local officials said they were overworked, underpaid and underappreciated.
insideclimatenews.org
July 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Thrilled to see @insideclimatenews.org reporting on the findings of the new Argonne survey of local and state emergency management capacity. This is a great summary.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...
We’ve really gotta do more modern studies on wildfire prevention efforts, because a good majority of the literature is from the 60s and 70s. (And don’t even get me started on Smokey Bear…)
July 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We’ve really gotta do more modern studies on wildfire prevention efforts, because a good majority of the literature is from the 60s and 70s. (And don’t even get me started on Smokey Bear…)
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I think this is obvious but I just want to highlight it in case it isn’t.
Taking 72 hours for Noem to personally approve search and rescue teams can be a literal death sentence.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
Taking 72 hours for Noem to personally approve search and rescue teams can be a literal death sentence.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
July 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I think this is obvious but I just want to highlight it in case it isn’t.
Taking 72 hours for Noem to personally approve search and rescue teams can be a literal death sentence.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
Taking 72 hours for Noem to personally approve search and rescue teams can be a literal death sentence.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
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Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?
July 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?
Bluesky finally has notifications? DELIGHTFUL. Maybe it can start to finally fully take the place of Twitter in disaster communications. Just need to get more official accounts on here.
July 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Bluesky finally has notifications? DELIGHTFUL. Maybe it can start to finally fully take the place of Twitter in disaster communications. Just need to get more official accounts on here.
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I would like to exit the bad place now please.
I would like to exit the bad place now please.
Trump Says FEMA Phaseout to Begin After Hurricane Season
President Donald Trump said his team will move forward with winding down much of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — but not until after a hurricane season that some projections show could be pa...
www.bloomberg.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I would like to exit the bad place now please.
I would like to exit the bad place now please.
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New illustration! :D So happy with this one.
And I'm doing a special edition print run to fund a Spanish translation of my Emergency Evacuation Poster!
Preorder: www.aspenandcopper.com/product-page...
See the evac poster: www.katy-l-wood.com/posters?pgid...
#Wildfire #Illustration
And I'm doing a special edition print run to fund a Spanish translation of my Emergency Evacuation Poster!
Preorder: www.aspenandcopper.com/product-page...
See the evac poster: www.katy-l-wood.com/posters?pgid...
#Wildfire #Illustration
June 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
New illustration! :D So happy with this one.
And I'm doing a special edition print run to fund a Spanish translation of my Emergency Evacuation Poster!
Preorder: www.aspenandcopper.com/product-page...
See the evac poster: www.katy-l-wood.com/posters?pgid...
#Wildfire #Illustration
And I'm doing a special edition print run to fund a Spanish translation of my Emergency Evacuation Poster!
Preorder: www.aspenandcopper.com/product-page...
See the evac poster: www.katy-l-wood.com/posters?pgid...
#Wildfire #Illustration
New illustration! :D So happy with this one.
And I'm doing a special edition print run to fund a Spanish translation of my Emergency Evacuation Poster!
Preorder: www.aspenandcopper.com/product-page...
See the evac poster: www.katy-l-wood.com/posters?pgid...
#Wildfire #Illustration
And I'm doing a special edition print run to fund a Spanish translation of my Emergency Evacuation Poster!
Preorder: www.aspenandcopper.com/product-page...
See the evac poster: www.katy-l-wood.com/posters?pgid...
#Wildfire #Illustration
June 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
New illustration! :D So happy with this one.
And I'm doing a special edition print run to fund a Spanish translation of my Emergency Evacuation Poster!
Preorder: www.aspenandcopper.com/product-page...
See the evac poster: www.katy-l-wood.com/posters?pgid...
#Wildfire #Illustration
And I'm doing a special edition print run to fund a Spanish translation of my Emergency Evacuation Poster!
Preorder: www.aspenandcopper.com/product-page...
See the evac poster: www.katy-l-wood.com/posters?pgid...
#Wildfire #Illustration
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SCOOP: Less than two weeks before the start of hurricane season, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rescinded the agency’s strategic plan, which includes a document that guides agency priorities when responding to disasters, WIRED has learned.
FEMA Has Canceled Its Four-Year Strategic Plan Ahead of Hurricane Season
Multiple FEMA employees tell WIRED that they did not know of another time when a strategic plan was rescinded without another in place.
www.wired.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: Less than two weeks before the start of hurricane season, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rescinded the agency’s strategic plan, which includes a document that guides agency priorities when responding to disasters, WIRED has learned.
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In St. Louis, the sirens to warn people of a tornado threat were not activated by the City Emergency Management Agency before a deadly tornado hit on Friday, and a backup to activate the mechanism that is operated by the Fire Department was broken.
Warning Sirens Were Silent Ahead of Deadly Tornado in St. Louis, City Says
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
In St. Louis, the sirens to warn people of a tornado threat were not activated by the City Emergency Management Agency before a deadly tornado hit on Friday, and a backup to activate the mechanism that is operated by the Fire Department was broken.
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*waves in emergency management policy*
It’s fun watching people who don’t teach the ethics of scientific practice discover how many of our regulations exist because of Very Bad Things That Happened Before the Regulation Existed.
May 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
*waves in emergency management policy*