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“A boring day is a good day” is a mantra that campus Emergency Managers like Debbi Fletcher live by every day. Debbi joins the Disaster Tough Podcast from Indiana University in Bloomington where

“A boring day is a good day” is a mantra that campus Emergency Managers like Debbi Fletcher live by every day. Debbi joins the Disaster Tough Podcast from Indiana University in Bloomington where

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