Meltdowns and Waves

My name is Ian Norden, and I am a sophomore at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. I am currently an Education and English double major and am working towards becoming a high school English teacher. Currently, I live in Dublin CA which is about an hour away from San Fransisco though I was born and grew up near New Haven CT. I work in the cafeteria on campus as well as the college cafe called the Biblio. I am applying to be a supervisor for dining services and also applying to an education related community service group known as KDP. The reason I enrolled in this program is because of my interest in emergency management. My father works in this field and I have always wanted to know more about his work. I also am really interested in hearing people’s first hand accounts and stories about these disasters. Their stories give so much more context and meaning to these horrific events. Superstorm Sandy, in particular, is interesting to me because I experienced it in Connecticut and am curious to hear other accounts of the storm. I am obviously most excited about going to Japan and learning about what kind of mitigation the Japanese have for such destructive events.