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Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................188 What Is “the” Problem in Disaster Management? ..............................................188 Real-Time Decision Support Is Really Happening .............................................188 Disasters Cost Lives and Money ........................................................................189 Getting on the GIS Training .............................................................................190 Remember Your Users Are the Public ................................................................192 How Natural Is Any Disaster? ...........................................................................192 Social: The Real Final Frontier ...........................................................................193 They’re Not Lessons Unless They’re Actually Learned ........................................195