Rebuilding Systems After Crisis: Lessons from Tornado Cleanup

Destruction from tornado aftermath with a bulldozer clearing debris and workers assessing the damage at sunrise, reflecting on recovery and rebuilding systems after crisis.

Rebuilding After the Blow: What Tornado Cleanup Taught Me About Operational Systems On April 21, 2001, an F4 tornado ripped through Hoisington, Kansas. In less than five minutes, one third of the town was gone. Streets I had driven a hundred times were unrecognizable. Families, including my own, picked through rubble for pieces of their […]