We’ve been talking a lot about how valuable the education is at the AVSS Severe Weather Planning and Preparedness Course (March 4-5 in Norman, Oklahoma). However, it’s one thing to hear the message from headquarters. It’s another to hear it from former course student

The recent winter storm in Atlanta was a trying time for residents and visitors, such as the more than 1,100 exhibitors and 25,000 attendees at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC), January 28-30. However, a well thought

Severe weather can occur at any time of the year, although many areas across the country see the majority of their severe weather from March through August.  As our venues approach the busy spring event season, we thought it would be good to remind our venue managers about severe weat

Winter Storm Leon lunged into the southern parts of the U.S. this past week. Sure, you can quote Charles Dudley Warner and say, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” But that’s not true. There are people out there who are doing somet

Rob Noonan, chief of public safety for the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) and an IAVM member, recently joined panelists for a discussion at PCMA that centered on communications challenges and lessons learned during the 2013 bombing at the Boston Marathon. Mitra Sorre