But, leading the pack for safe cities were Mesa, Ariz., and Milwaukee, both of which are least likely to face hurricanes, earthquakes, catastrophy and tornados, as -- of course -- they lack conditions needed to create these disasters.
Other major U.S. cities ranking low on natural disaster risk include Cleveland, El Paso, Phoenix and Tucson, all tied for no. 3).
In June, just in case, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded the Milwaukee Urban Area a total of $8,570,000, as part of the FY 2006 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program. This is an increase of more than $2 million over last year's award and the largest award in the state.
This funding will be used over a two-year period to enhance the region's capabilities to prevent, respond and recover from a terrorist or "all-hazards" incident, including natural or man-made disasters. The funding will be distributed across police, fire, public health and citizen preparedness organizations in the City of Milwaukee and throughout Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Ozaukee and Washington Counties.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
