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The Gray Rhino
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The Gray Rhino

By: Michele Wucker

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Marc C. Baker, CEM
Jan 02, 2023
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The Gray Rhino is not just a beautiful majestical “unicorn” of the African wildland, a Gray Rhino is also a metaphor for highly probable, highly impactful events that can significantly disrupt our way of life. For us, Emergency Managers' recent Gray Rhinos have been Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 Attacks, COVID-19, and the attacks on the power grid. The threat…

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