Code Orange

Emergencies don’t just test your physical readiness—they test your paperwork, too. In this episode of Code Orange, host Marty Sobo and producer Jonathan Price talk with attorney Heidi Gassman about how to prepare financially and legally before disaster strikes. Heidi explains what essential documents everyone should have—powers of attorney, medical directives, and HIPAA authorizations—and how to k...

Code Orange host Marty Sobo and producer Jonathan Price talk with Michael Hingson about emergency readiness for blind and low-vision listeners. Hingson recounts evacuating the World Trade Center on 9/11 with his guide dog Roselle and extracts practical lessons: map environments in advance, build two-way trust with your guide dog, control fear, and practice intelligent disobedience. The episode cov...

Rural vs urban readiness, without the fluff. Nevada OEM’s rural and frontier coordinator Kammy Kinkade breaks down what changes when roads are few, resources are thin, and response times stretch. We cover go-bag vs shelter-in-place kits, water and power continuity, generators and fuel planning, amateur radio for comms, neighbor networks, livestock and equipment plans, insurance and documentation,...

In this episode of Code Orange, host Marty Sobo speaks with John Romano, Executive Director of Disaster Central and lead developer of the Be Ready app. Romano introduces Be Ready as a preparedness tool designed to help people with disabilities and access/functional needs build secure, individualized emergency plans. The app stores critical documents in an encrypted digital vault, supports OCR for...

AES — Code Orange S1:E3 Dispatch Log: Accessible Alerts with Carson MacPherson-Krutsky Episode Summary In this episode of Code Orange , host Marty Sobo and producer Jonathan Price welcome Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, a research associate at the Natural Hazards Center at CU Boulder. Carson shares her journey from geology to social science and disaster preparedness, sparked by the Oso landslide in Was...

In this episode of Code Orange, host Marty Sobo sits down with Neva Fairchild from WayAround to explore how NFC tagging technology can empower blind and low-vision individuals in emergency preparedness. Neva explains how WayAround tags work with smartphones, including iPhone, Android, and BlindShell devices, to label and identify everything from important documents to medication, clothing, and go...

In this episode of Code Orange, hosts Marty Sobo and Jonathan Price are joined by Monica Weber, coordinator at the Boulder Office of Disaster Management. Together, they dive into the fundamentals of personal and community preparedness for disasters. Monica explains the concept of risk—likelihood and impact—and how individuals can tailor their own risk assessments. The conversation explores practic...

The premiere of Code Orange kicks off with host Marty Sobo and guest Penn Street diving into why this show exists: to bring emergency preparedness into focus for the blind and low-vision community. From Penn’s personal experiences with Colorado floods to Marty’s firsthand accounts of California wildfires, the two underscore how unprepared many people are when disaster strikes. They tackle the gaps...