Dr. Lee Clarke

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  Lee Clarke, Professor of Sociology, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

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  Lee Clarke , Rutgers University

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  By Lee Clarke
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  For more selling tips from Lee Clarke, be sure to read "Top of the Table Through Telling Tales."
  
  Lee Clarke is a 17-year MDRT member with eight Court of the Table and two Top of the Table qualifications.Contact him at lclarke@toptrak.com.

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  Lee Clarke, Rutgers University

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  0 Comments | Sociologist Lee Clarke spends his days researching a multitude of worst-case scenarios - but he worries most about trains.
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  Sociologist Lee Clarke spends his days researching a multitude of worst-case scenarios - but he worries most about trains.
  
  But most of all, Clarke - author of the book "Worst Cases" - worries about trains."The trains carry the most dangerous stuff around," he explained."Trains go through every city in the country.They fall off their tracks all the time.It's not because of callous people in industry, although they do say they can regulate themselves," he said.
  
  Trains have enormous potential for death and destruction, he pointed out.
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  A professor at Rutgers University, Clarke offered his signature quirky take on worst-case scenarios at the Church World Service Forum on Domestic Disaster Ministry.The forum's theme - "building human security" - has provided fodder for dialogue among scholars, disaster responders, and religious leaders.
  
  When Clarke starts studying a worst-case scenario, he takes it to the hilt - right down to the graffiti written on the sides of rail cars that contain very dangerous materials.
  
  But what's the use?"You want us to worry about things that are really far out?"Clarke asked rhetorically."What about smoking and poverty and wearing seat belts?"
  
  Then - to an audience that has responded to virtually every major disaster - he asked: "Why can't you worry about more than one thing at a time?You might not want to."
  
  And, sometimes, he said, denial is a good thing."But it must be deliberately chosen."
  
  Thinking about worst cases won't hurt us, Clarke argued.The problem is when we try to control the catastrophes in the wrong ways."When we come to think we really can control these things, we get into trouble," he said."We get in trouble once we think we can really control the Mississippi River.This macho control of nature is the root cause of what happened down there," he said, referring to the massive destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, and especially to the levee breaks in New Orleans.
  
  The fact is that rare things happen.And when they do, we tend to learn about them right away."There's an immediacy that the internet brings," he said.
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  In a rather unusual turn for him, Clarke chose to accentuate the positive: "But a million people got out - well, just under a million - they got out of New Orleans.That's not to underestimate the people that stayed or the people that died.But a lot of people did get out of the way.A lot of people do evacuate in Florida, for example.There are some crazy people who want to go out there with surfboards."
  
  Clarke focuses on the possible - not just the probable.
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  Clarke admits that people can go overboard one way or the other.McLain's statement, he said, "is one of the most cogent and most important criticisms of my argument.But I think we can use possiblistic thinking in a more disciplined way."
  
  So if you're not worried enough about next hurricane season, try asteroids.It's possible - though not necessarily probable - that an asteroid will hit the earth and destroy, say, Paris.
  
  "NASA tries to track pieces that are a kilometer or larger," Clarke explained."They were able to convince politicians to spend money on that."
  
  Now there's a movement afoot among astronauts and astronomers - a push to map and detect pieces that are below a kilometer."It's a tough issue," said Clarke.
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  Is there anything Clarke doesn't bother to worry about?"Well, nobody is worried about comets," he said."They're too big.They're too erratic.

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  Lee Clarke, (732-445-5741 or lee@leeclarke.com) Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, writes about organizations, culture, and disasters.His early work concerned how decision makers choose among risks in highly uncertain environments.His publications include: Organizations, Uncertainties, and Risk, edited by James F. Short, Jr. and Lee Clarke; Acceptable Risk?

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  The rapid official response in Tennessee and other storm-struck areas appears to have been the result of new disaster-response training and organization philosophies that have come into play following 9/11 and hurricane Katrina, says disaster expert Lee Clarke, a Rutgers University professor.

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  Sociologist Lee Clarke spends his days researching a multitude of worst-case scenarios - but he worries most about trains.
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  ,Lee Clarke
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  Clarke is referring to the bird flu, a virus that has been found in 45 countries and could potentially trigger a pandemic if it mutates from bird to humans."The mortality rate is 50% as far as we know."
  
  But most of all, Clarke - author of the book "Worst Cases" - worries about trains."The trains carry the most dangerous stuff around," he explained."Trains go through every city in the country.They fall off their tracks all the time.It's not because of callous people in industry, although they do say they can regulate themselves," he said.
  
  Trains have enormous potential for death and destruction, he pointed out.
  ...
  A professor at Rutgers University, Clarke offered his signature quirky take on worst-case scenarios at the Church World Service Forum on Domestic Disaster Ministry.The forum's theme - "building human security" - has provided fodder for dialogue among scholars, disaster responders, and religious leaders.
  
  When Clarke starts studying a worst-case scenario, he takes it to the hilt - right down to the graffiti written on the sides of rail cars that contain very dangerous materials.
  
  But what's the use?"You want us to worry about things that are really far out?"Clarke asked rhetorically."What about smoking and poverty and wearing seat belts?"
  
  Then - to an audience that has responded to virtually every major disaster - he asked: "Why can't you worry about more than one thing at a time?You might not want to."
  
  And, sometimes, he said, denial is a good thing."But it must be deliberately chosen."
  
  Thinking about worst cases won't hurt us, Clarke argued.The problem is when we try to control the catastrophes in the wrong ways."When we come to think we really can control these things, we get into trouble," he said."We get in trouble once we think we can really control the Mississippi River.This macho control of nature is the root cause of what happened down there," he said, referring to the massive destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, and especially to the levee breaks in New Orleans.
  
  The fact is that rare things happen.And when they do, we tend to learn about them right away."There's an immediacy that the internet brings," he said.
  ...
  In a rather unusual turn for him, Clarke chose to accentuate the positive: "But a million people got out - well, just under a million - they got out of New Orleans.That's not to underestimate the people that stayed or the people that died.But a lot of people did get out of the way.A lot of people do evacuate in Florida, for example.There are some crazy people who want to go out there with surfboards."
  
  Clarke focuses on the possible - not just the probable.
  ...
  Clarke admits that people can go overboard one way or the other.McLain's statement, he said, "is one of the most cogent and most important criticisms of my argument.But I think we can use possiblistic thinking in a more disciplined way."
  
  So if you're not worried enough about next hurricane season, try asteroids.It's possible - though not necessarily probable - that an asteroid will hit the earth and destroy, say, Paris.
  
  "NASA tries to track pieces that are a kilometer or larger," Clarke explained."They were able to convince politicians to spend money on that."
  
  Now there's a movement afoot among astronauts and astronomers - a push to map and detect pieces that are below a kilometer."It's a tough issue," said Clarke.
  ...
  Is there anything Clarke doesn't bother to worry about?"Well, nobody is worried about comets," he said."They're too big.They're too erratic.

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  Sociologist Lee Clarke spends his days researching a multitude of worst-case scenarios - but he worries most about trains.
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  Sociologist Lee Clarke spends his days researching a multitude of worst-case scenarios - but he worries most about trains.
  
  He studies asteroids, massive earthquakes, and nuclear power plants.And air crashes, terrorist attacks, and monster storms.
  
  He also worries about Avian flu, he said, "if it jumps."Clarke is referring to the bird flu, a virus that has been found in 45 countries and could potentially trigger a pandemic if it mutates from bird to humans."The mortality rate is 50% as far as we know."
  
  But most of all, Clarke - author of the book "Worst Cases" - worries about trains."The trains carry the most dangerous stuff around," he explained."Trains go through every city in the country.They fall off their tracks all the time.It's not because of callous people in industry, although they do say they can regulate themselves," he said.
  
  Trains have enormous potential for death and destruction, he pointed out.
  ...
  A professor at Rutgers University, Clarke offered his signature quirky take on worst-case scenarios at the Church World Service Forum on Domestic Disaster Ministry.The forum's theme - "building human security" - has provided fodder for dialogue among scholars, disaster responders, and religious leaders.
  
  When Clarke starts studying a worst-case scenario, he takes it to the hilt - right down to the graffiti written on the sides of rail cars that contain very dangerous materials.
  
  But what's the use?"You want us to worry about things that are really far out?"Clarke asked rhetorically."What about smoking and poverty and wearing seat belts?"
  
  Then - to an audience that has responded to virtually every major disaster - he asked: "Why can't you worry about more than one thing at a time?You might not want to."
  
  And, sometimes, he said, denial is a good thing."But it must be deliberately chosen."
  
  Thinking about worst cases won't hurt us, Clarke argued.The problem is when we try to control the catastrophes in the wrong ways."When we come to think we really can control these things, we get into trouble," he said."We get in trouble once we think we can really control the Mississippi River.This macho control of nature is the root cause of what happened down there," he said, referring to the massive destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, and especially to the levee breaks in New Orleans.
  
  The fact is that rare things happen.And when they do, we tend to learn about them right away."There's an immediacy that the internet brings," he said.
  ...
  In a rather unusual turn for him, Clarke chose to accentuate the positive: "But a million people got out - well, just under a million - they got out of New Orleans.That's not to underestimate the people that stayed or the people that died.But a lot of people did get out of the way.A lot of people do evacuate in Florida, for example.There are some crazy people who want to go out there with surfboards."
  
  Clarke focuses on the possible - not just the probable.
  ...
  Clarke admits that people can go overboard one way or the other.McLain's statement, he said, "is one of the most cogent and most important criticisms of my argument.But I think we can use possiblistic thinking in a more disciplined way."
  
  So if you're not worried enough about next hurricane season, try asteroids.It's possible - though not necessarily probable - that an asteroid will hit the earth and destroy, say, Paris.
  
  "NASA tries to track pieces that are a kilometer or larger," Clarke explained."They were able to convince politicians to spend money on that."
  
  Now there's a movement afoot among astronauts and astronomers - a push to map and detect pieces that are below a kilometer."It's a tough issue," said Clarke.
  ...
  Is there anything Clarke doesn't bother to worry about?"Well, nobody is worried about comets," he said."They're too big.They're too erratic.

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  Sociologist Lee Clarke spends his days researching a multitude of worst-case scenarios - but he worries most about trains.
  
  He studies asteroids, massive earthquakes, and nuclear power plants.

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