Resilience takes many forms.
Interconnected city systems. Smart infrastructure. Or, in the case of Florida’s Nassau County last week – amateur “ham” radio.
As Hurricane Irma lashed the county with rain and wind, ASCE Fellow Bill Brumund, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE(Ret.), joined a group of like-minded ham radio enthusiasts to provide critical communications services. It’s an interesting mix of retirees with doctoral degrees in psychology, an electrical...