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Life by a Thousand Bandages
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Life by a Thousand Bandages

Undoubtedly you may have heard of the phrase “Death by a Thousand Cuts” – meaning it’s the little, tiny problems that add together to make an insurmountable disaster.

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Michael Prasad, MA, CEM®
Feb 24, 2023
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I believe there is an antithesis to this as well – there can be “life by a thousand bandages” – meaning it’s the smaller (i.e., local) Emergency Management Solutions that when added together can solve the adverse impacts to people from any level or type disaster.

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