On the House: The Household Management Science Insights Podcast

Natural disasters can strike without warning, but being prepared can make all the difference in protecting your home and keeping the family safe. In this episode of On the House: The Household Management Science Insights Podcast, host Marie Stella consults professional engineer Professor Abbie Liel on what it takes to ready the household with extreme weather events on the rise. Currently a professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Professor Abbie Liel is also a licensed professional engineer in the state of California. In her professional service, she focuses on disaster risk reduction, with recent focuses on multi-hazard risks to housing, functional recovery, as well as climate change impacts on the built environment. In this episode, Professor Abbie Liel addresses the biggest misconceptions about natural disasters. Additionally, Professor Abbie Liel sheds light on the various materials and construction techniques used in building homes, and offers advice for working with local professionals to build a disaster-resilient home. Together, Marie and Professor Abbie Liel answer questions from the internet about building disaster-resilient homes, and canvass a range of best practices to prepare the home for unexpected weather events. So, don’t wait for disaster to strike — tune in for practical, science-backed advice, and take action today! Follow Professor Abbie Liel’s work via the following platforms: Professor Abbie Liel: abbieliel.com University of Colorado Boulder: https://www.colorado.edu/ceae/abbie-b-liel Connect with Professor Abbie Liel via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbie-liel-957967240/ Produced by the Household Management Science Labs, a division of LMSL, the Life Management Science Labs. Explore LMSL at https://lifemanagementsciencelabs.com, and visit https://householdmgmt.lifemanagementsciencelabs.com/  for further information about Household Management Labs. Follow us on Social Media to stay updated: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@householdmanagementsciencelabs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/householdmgmt.science.labs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/householdMgmt.science.labs Twitter: https://twitter.com/HMScienceLabs LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/showcase/household-management-science-labs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@household.m.science.labs You can also subscribe and listen to the show on your preferred podcasting platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-house-the-household-management-science/id1648508806 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2E9powtiwe0ee7ycQQCTHl Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a654971d-e3e3-46c8-80bd-10655fb6064a/on-the-house-the-household-management-science-insights-podcast iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-on-the-house-the-household-102862777 Podbean: https://householdmanagementinsights.podbean.com PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/3402161 Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/on-the-house-the-household-man-4914170