SOO Culture Team Concept: Managing After-Effects of Weather Events

All individuals in the office will feel after-effects of severe weather events. Even non-feelers still feel, they just do so in different ways. It’s important as a manager to not put people in a Myers-Briggs box. We are all human. Loss of life and property while on shift is difficult - no matter who we are!

Two Components of After-Effects

• Internal (in the office): How do we work with each other? How do we help each other?

• External (outside the office): The sights, the smells, the rawness of loss.

March 2nd, 2012 Tornado Outbreak Retrospective

NWS Wilmington, OH put together a four-part series looking back at the March 2nd, 2012 tornado outbreak.

Additional After-Effects Management Resources

• OCLO Critical Stress Management

• Hidden Perils of Unresolved Grief (McKinsey, 2020)

• Coping With a Traumatic Event (CDC)