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Hugh Deeming

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"...a fresh Gillette every morning..." has answered a question for me that, as a wet shaver, I have always wondered about.
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
And in respect to urine...as I only learned the other day after a lifetime of tacit 'belief'...don't use it on jellyfish stings either
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Rupert...I can use this. Thank you!
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Quite the discussion of NATO too...
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Yes, it's noted by the pre-1850 downward trend identified by Mann, Bradley, and Hughes in their original (1998) 'Hockey Stick' (and replicated many times since) We should have been getting colder, but we are not!
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Definitely worth listening to the Wargame Podcast on this: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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The Wargame
News Podcast · Series · Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you?   A major five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real-l...
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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a cat is laying on its back on a wooden floor next to a radiator .
ALT: a cat is laying on its back on a wooden floor next to a radiator .
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I've had a few queries about people running into danger in threatening emergencies, so here is a summary of the response. More information can be found in our practitioner guide: @ukri.org funded sussex.figshare.com/articles/rep...
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This is from the CitizenAID pocket guide and has also been the official advice: run, hide, tell. But as we have seen in recent days, people caught up in attacks are also motivated to help others, including strangers.
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency @drselintekin.bsky.social's event for @bpsofficial.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...
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Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency | BPS
Dr Selin Tekin reflects on the first event in the Rising Together series, hosted by the BPS Social Psychology Section.
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Given the events of the last few days I think it's worth the reminder that rail staff (Northern) also acted with true professionalism in response to the Manchester Arena attack too. #Huntingdon #Shap #Cat2
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
'Panic'? It's important to look at what passengers actually did. Not just flight, but also information and assistance: 'Amid a group of six, they were also attempting to stem the flow of blood from the head of the older man who was said to have saved the girl.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘It felt like forever’: passengers recount mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train
Some initially assumed the commotion was a Halloween prank, but soon realised something awful was unfolding
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
"...if there had been warning, that huge mass of water – that catastrophe; that apocalypse – would still have come down, and all those cars would have been swept away and all those houses would have been flooded. But there wouldn’t have been as many deaths." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after Spain’s deadly floods
Survivors in Valencia call for consequences, particularly for regional president, after country’s worst natural disaster this century
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Ben Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/10/2025
How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth
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How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth
Welsh voters have rejected Labour and Starmerite managerialism. By offering hope and not division we showed the populist right can be beaten, says Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Pedantic I know, but there should have been an 'Unaffiliated/Other' group in the graph (i.e., mean 'Very Negative' for the groups shown is 48.2% not 41%)
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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
@zoeschlanger.bsky.social from the @theatlantic.com with an under appreciated dynamic in the discussions swirling around FEMA reforms - the role of private sector consultants. Read with this gift link:
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Goodbye FEMA, Hello Disaster Consultants
Pushing more responsibility for disaster response onto the states will mean depending more on private contractors.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
When you see these pictures, remember that the exiting civil servant Chair of the UK Climate Change Committee said, not long back, that 2050 would be very much like today As I said at the time, utter, irresponsible, bollox www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Thousands evacuated in Spain amid deadly wildfires and new heatwave
Temperatures of 44C predicted as blazes rage across Europe
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
See my LinkedIn post Guy
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
😡😡
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I visited the museum two weeks ago. The whole place was dark, tired, and uninspiring. And to realise it was an actual body on display…I don’t know what to say. …except, Yes! The answer is Yes!
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/publications...
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ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu · 03/06/2025
Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
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20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Watching the shocking imagery of tourists running off the slopes of Etna ahead of a collapsing pyroclastic cloud is making me think of Galeras, Chouet's harmonic tremors...and most importantly, how we need to continue to develop effective warning systems to keep people safe...even adventurous ones
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Alan. Great insight, thank you…that is going into a paper I’m writing right now (adding to @LucyGoBag’s ‘needs’ perspective)
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
My first word search in tomorrow's #SDR will be "Article 3" www.nato.int/cps/bu/natoh...
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Resilience, civil preparedness and Article 3
Each NATO member country needs to be resilient in order to withstand a major shock such as a natural disaster, failure of critical infrastructure, or a hybrid or armed attack. Resilience is the indivi...
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Chris Cocking @chriscocking.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Other work I did with @profjohndrury.bsky.social on mass emergencies also found that people co-operate with each other & the idea of selfish 'panic' is a myth. This is shown in the way that #Liverpool has come together after this terrible incident bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Crowd behaviour in emergencies has previously been explained in terms of either ‘mass panic’ or strength of pre-existing social bonds. The present paper reports results from a study comparing high- v...
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
All I can take from this NPSA guidance, is the immense challenge involved in countering vehicle-as-weapon threats. Please, beware the 9 o'clock jury with 'easy' answers. www.npsa.gov.uk/specialised-...
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Vehicle As a Weapon (VAW) Detection Guidance
This guidance is primarily focussed on Vehicle As a Weapon (VAW) detection technology as part of NPSA’s wider Vehicle Borne Threats, HVM and MTA programmes of work
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
It is a book I have been waiting for and here is my review of @lucygobag.bsky.social 's latest book Come What May. amandacomms1.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/c...
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Come What May: Book Review
When I first read Professor Lucy Easthope’s first book When the Dust Settles we hadn’t met, and yet I suddenly felt like I knew her so well. She wrote candidly and honestly about her life in disast…
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
@selyst2023.bsky.social have a read of this, and imagine where I'm thinking these findings' application may be useful? 😉
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 13/05/2025
When it rains, it now rains more
Graphic showing rainfall intensity increasing in the UK from 1891 to 2024
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Same reason C-17 ELVIS33 was over mine two days running?
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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The Amber Book - Managing Crisis in Central Government
The Amber Book provides a framework for how UK central government collectively responds to crises that require co-ordinated action across government
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
So, I've just read the new HMG 'Amber Book', and have to admit I'm impressed. It is comprehensive and IMO provides a more encompassing - 'Whole of Society' cognizant - structure than the old CONOPS. I find it reassuring that Cabinet Office 'get's it'. Also, only 3 typos
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
And I use NATO Art3 and EU Preparedness Union strategy as context for ned to improve our ‘lifeline’ Highway resilience here: www.linkedin.com/posts/hugh-d...
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Some thoughts on strengthening national resilience, by increasing… | Hugh Deeming
Some thoughts on strengthening national resilience, by increasing highway-sector preparedness for emergencies
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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Debate: How can we better understand and communicate flood risk? | New Civil Engineer
NCE and Fathom brought experts together for a debate about how we achieve a better understanding of flood risk, and what can be done about it
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"Using checklists rather than relying on memory" There we go again 💯
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
AI can only analyse the data it’s given…apparently
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
News of the #IceStorm in #Ontario, got me reaching for Murphy's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️forensic analysis of leadership following their 1998 disaster. One of the themes he discusses will be familiar to people here, but it also made me think about direct parallels with the Valcencia floods.
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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
UK: recommended from @hasisd.bsky.social. Linking the EU Preparedness Union strategy back into a UK framing, but also highlighting complementarities across approaches. The operationalisation of WoS is not just LGD-led, but from within sector & then cross-lifeline. Key point on #militarymobility...
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Crowds & Identities @crowdsidentities.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Find out more about our ESRC-funded project ‘Perceived threats and “stampedes”: a relational model of collective fear responses’ in our accessible report: Public behaviour in response to perceived hostile threats: An evidence base and guide for practitioners and policymakers doi.org/10.20919/VJV...
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Following the publication of the EU Joint Communication on Preparedness, I've written a piece on how strengthening highway sector preparedness could increase national resilience... www.linkedin.com/posts/hugh-d...
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Some thoughts on strengthening national resilience, by increasing… | Hugh Deeming
Some thoughts on strengthening national resilience, by increasing highway-sector preparedness for emergencies
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 27/03/2025
A new study shows adding factors like rainfall, wind direction and leaf cover to models improves power outage predictions, aiding better preparation & response🌳⚡ For example the probability of outages was found to be 2-3 times higher in wet conditions. Read more here 👇
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Study shows power outage predictions in windstorms improved when accounting for multi-hazard effects
Windstorms are the leading cause of major power outages in the UK, primarily due to windthrow - the uprooting or breakage of trees by strong winds - which then fall on overhead power lines.
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I have to say, I really like this proposed definition for 'Natural Hazards'. However, I tend to regard 'multi-hazards' as being situational (e.g., flood -> landslide at location), with the *approach* used to manage to them 'all-hazards' (i.e., nat and tech) www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
March 20th...a coincidence? Should the aviation sector start to consider elevating the 'Ides of March' (+/-5) in its Risk Register
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Seems appropriate to add this to the thread bsky.app/profile/edha...
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Josh Wolstenholme @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Interested in the role of sediment transport processes on increasing #flooding? Our new preprint that systematically explores the role of #rainfall on amplifying flood hazard is out! doi.org/10.21203/rs.... @floodskinner.games @drchrishackney.bsky.social Matt Perks & @bedforms.bsky.social
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Flood hazard amplification by intra-event sediment transport
Rivers are dynamic, with channel size and shape adapting to fluctuations in water and sediment supplied from their upstream catchments. These changes directly affect flood conveyance capacity, yet sed...
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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Really interesting, and you've reminded me of the tons and tons of gravel pushed up onto the fields between Cockermouth and Workington post-Desmond 😞
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Show Me the Bodies - the interview with the incomparable ⁦‪@PeteApps‬⁩ and me is now permanently available. It’s a hard listen but an essential listen 👂 www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/cl...
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Clear Spot - Show Me the Bodies (6 March 2025)
Show Me the Bodies: Lucy Easthope and Peter Apps on Grenfell Tower. In this interview, originally recorded for At Your Own Peril – a five-part series about the history of risk that was broadcast on BB...
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