Stories by Samantha Montano

Samantha Montano is author of Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis (2021) and an assistant professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Climate Change

We’re No More Serious about the Climate Crisis Than We Were before the Pandemic

Emergency managers are stuck reacting to a constant march of disasters

February 23, 2022 — Samantha Montano

Behavior

There Goes Hurricane Florence; Here Come the Disaster Myths

Contrary to what we’ve been led to believe, people tend not to panic during disasters, and looting is rarely widespread

September 25, 2018 — Samantha Montano