Cristóbal Mena

Happy #PhotographyDay, especially to those who, through their work, make us look at those that some do not want us to see.
Photographs ©Cristóbal Mena
#Art #Photography #Disart #Desarte #ClimateCrisis #NoNaturalDisasters #BlackAndWhite

“Preparados”
Valparaíso, Chile
20.03.25
@cristobalmena.bsky.social
#Arte #Fotografía #BlancoYNegro #Desarte #Art #Photography #BlackAndWhite #DisasterArt #Disart #NoNaturalDisasters #LosDesastresNoSonNaturales #Tsunami

Why do Swiss mountains collapse? It’s complicated Discover why Swiss mountains are collapsing more frequently and how climate change and melting permafrost are destabilizing the Alps.

Climate change is increasing the risk of natural hazards in the Alps. Rock falls and rock wall collapses occur more frequently in Alpine regions with melting permafrost. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-...

"Curved"
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 🇧🇷
08.05.25
@cristobalmena.bsky.social
#Art #Photography #BlackAndWhite

Sobre el #tornado en #PuertoVaras.
No nos olvidemos que hace un poco más de un año, el consejo municipal de Puerto Varas rechazó la creación de la Dirección de Emergencias, Riesgos y Desastres para la comuna. #LosDesastresNoSonNaturales

Measles cases are rising.

As of April 3, the CDC reports 607 confirmed measles cases across 22 jurisdictions. Six outbreaks have been reported so far, with 93% of cases being outbreak-associated. This is a significant jump from 2024, which saw 285 cases and 16 outbreaks.

At least 16 dead as 'life-threatening, catastrophic, and potentially historic' flash flooding persists in South and Midwest At least 16 people have been killed in powerful storms that have swept through the region in the past week.

As Trump undermines disaster focused institutions like FEMA and NOAA, Americans are being killed by extreme weather : week of powerful storms killed at least 16 people, is still wreaking significant havoc in the region this weekend
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A never-ending story. Frequent close calls and risk assessments that fail to prompt proactive measures to prevent incidents and maintain operational continuity. #NoNaturalDisasters

"Santiago III"
Santiago, Chile
01.03.25
@cristobalmena.bsky.social

#Art #Photography #BlackAndWhite

What lessons did #Heathrow and the commercial airline industry learn after the eruption of #Eyjafjallajökull in 2010? Hopefully, there was significant learning.

En el #DíaInternacionalDelSíndromeDeDown recordemos que la gestión del riesgo de desastre debe ser inclusiva e integral. No podemos dejar a nadie atrás. #LosDesastresNoSonNaturales #Inclusividad #Resiliencia

Algo que explica que la falla del sistema eléctrico se haya convertido en un desastre es que casi no existe el concepto de continuidad. El informe del #CoordinadorEléctrico solo lo menciona una vez.
El foco debe estar en la continuidad operacional. #ApagónNacional #Blackout #ContinuidadOperacional

A look at the 42 deaths linked to severe storms in the US A series of storms that kicked up wildfires, tornadoes and dust while barreling across eight states over the weekend have left at least 42 people dead and dozens injured.

As Trump attacks FEMA, a series of storms that sparked tornadoes, wildfires, high winds and dust storms while barreling across 8 states over the weekend have left at least 42 people dead and dozens injured. Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed
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Critical Fire Conditions Expected to Return to Texas and Oklahoma (Gift Article) Forecasters warn that more “very destructive” fires could spread uncontrollably.

Extremely Critical Fire Conditions Expected to Return.
Forecasters warn that more “very destructive” fires could spread uncontrollably.
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Severe weather disaster: 35 dead after destructive tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms, sweep across US At least 35 people are dead after days of severe storms, including many violent tornadoes, sweep through the central and southern United States.

At least 35 dead after a devastating weekend of tornadoes, wildfires, & dust storms across the US. Over 50 tornadoes reported since Friday, with more severe weather expected today across 20+ states. Emergency crews are still responding.

#SevereWeather #Tornado #Wildfire #Storms #EmergencyManagement

Fierce Storms Kill 3 in Missouri Amid High Tornado Risk in the South and Midwest An intense storm system has brought damaging strong winds and tornadoes across the Midwest, and dust storms and wildfires to the Plains.

Severe storms have left at least three people dead and nearly 300,000 customers without power in parts of the Midwest and the South, as forecasters warned that intense storms at a level typically experienced only once or twice in a lifetime could sweep across a vast swath of the South on Saturday.

As Stallings states, disasters are one of the most political phenomena in a society.
This is because of its construction, which results from political decisions, their impacts, and the accountability they entail. #NoNaturalDisasters #BahiaBlanca #Argentina

Cómo plantea Stallings, los desastres son uno de los fénomenos más políticos de una sociedad.
Esto es tanto por su construcción, que es el resultado de decisiones políticas, como de sus impactos y las rendiciones de cuentas que conllevan. #LosDesastresNoSonNaturales #BahiaBlanca #Argentina

Trump keeps up his ‘Sharpiegate’ attack on science The nomination of Neil Jacobs to run NOAA highlights U.S. President Trump’s loyalty-over-expertise approach to leadership.

Commentary: After backing Trump’s false hurricane claim in 2019, Neil Jacobs is now set to lead America’s top weather agency.

Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.

Gutting USAID will have a monumental effect on combating climate change. The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.

Hay que revisar la constitucionalidad de esta medida. El estado de excepción constitucional de emergencia es en “caso de grave alteración del orden público o de grave daño para la seguridad de la Nación”, lo que no se ha configurado.
Ojo además con el precedente que esto genera y la puerta que abre

#TsunamyAdvisory for #PuertoRico and #VirginIslands
#TsunamyThreat for #Haiti #Belize #Bahamas #CostaRica #CaymanIslands #Cuba #Cuba #Nicaragua #Panama #Guatemala #Honduras #Mexico #Jamaica www.tsunami.gov

2 Killed as Tornadoes Sweep Through East Tennessee The tornadoes, which also injured three people and caused widespread damage, reached wind speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour.

Two tornadoes touched down in eastern Tennessee on Thursday night, killing two people and causing widespread damage to rural communities outside Knoxville, the authorities said.

Este fin de semana se pronostican condiciones extraordinarias y extremas por #CalorExtremo en la zona centro-sur de #Chile que afectan la salud de las personas y facilitan la propagación de #IncendiosForestales. Por eso:
✔️No enciendas🔥en espacios abiertos
✔️Toma mucha agua💧
#CulturaPrevención

Now that DOGE has entered FEMA, I’d like to say something about the importance of alerts and warnings. FEMA has a group called IPAWS, the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, which is responsible for making sure you get warnings though all sorts of devices, basically for free. 1/

Complete lack of railway safety in Greece, in the #EU. Unacceptable.
#TrainDisaster #Tempi #τεμπη

Greek deputy civil protection minister resigns over rail disaster site tampering claim A Greek deputy minister has resigned following allegations of evidence tampering at the site of a 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives when two trains collided head-on.

A Greek deputy minister resigned on Thursday following allegations of evidence tampering at the site of the 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives when two trains were involved in a head-on collision. apnews.com/article/gree...

Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.

“I am shocked by the gleeful assault perpetrated by our own government against U.S.A.I.D.’s programs and the public servants who work on them,” writes Samantha Power, the former head of the agency.

CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the CDC but then abruptly vanished.

Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu (Gift Article) A new version of the virus is widespread in wild birds but had not previously been detected in cows.

BREAKING: Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version that has been spreading through herds over the last year

w/ @emilyanthes.bsky.social

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